Patricia A. Matthew interviews Lavelle Porter about his recent book, "The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black Intellectual."...

UCLA professor of Law and Communication Mario Biagioli dissects how metric-based evaluations are shaping university agendas....

Why don’t we train police officers in anti-racism?...

Johann N. Neem reviews "Won’t Lose This Dream," a look at Georgia State University's program to graduate more students by Andrew Gumbel....

Daniel Blank ponders "How to Think Like Shakespeare," the new book from Scott Newstok....

What if we throw out the blueprints of exclusionary prestige and fuel a resistance that defunds the traditions of Higher Ed?...

Wen Zhuang talks with writer Leigh Claire La Berge about the decommodification of labor within academia and the arts....

Can we change the plot arc of the profit-driven, capitalistic university?...

"Saying something that might ruffle a feather, as a token, can prove to be risky business."...

Ryan Boyd considers two new books on higher education....

Nicholas Tampio looks at "Career Pathways for All Youth: Lessons from the School-to-Work Movement," a new book by Stephen F. Hamilton....

Suzanne Enzerink on teaching American culture and politics in Lebanon....

A new book by a Yale Law professor exposes and critiques American meritocracy....

Andrea Penman-Lomeli reviews "Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost," a new book by Caitlin Zaloom....

Michael S. Roth discusses the challenges of promoting free speech on college campuses....

Richard Eldridge reviews “Safe Enough Spaces: A Pragmatist’s Approach to Inclusion, Free Speech, and Political Correctness on College Campuses.”...

Ryan Boyd reviews “The Missing Course” by David Gooblar....