Editorials & Commentary

The Value of the Liberal Arts
The arts and sciences bring with them the challenge of inquiry and the thrill of discovery

Liberal Arts and Civic Controversy

In Defense of the 'Liberal Professor'
By Brett R. O'Bannon, Instructor of Political Science-DePauw University

Private Colleges A Key Resource For Education Of A Lifetime

Why Liberal Education Endures in the World of the Bottom Line

Education by the Numbers: College Rankings Fatally Flawed
By Dale Rogers Marshall, President of Wheaton College

Cycles of History

From Books to Business: the Value of a Liberal Education

POLITICS OF SPEECH: Community and freedom

Thinking Like Lincoln: Illinois Wesleyan Professor Explains How the Liberal Arts Tradition Shaped a Great Mind

Going Beyond College Guides
Seekers of high-quality education should pursue an encouraging environment

NCAA Should Allow Eight D-III Colleges Exception
Grants-in-Aid Help Achieve Important D-III Goals

Reviewing the reviewers
by Kathleen Gill Bowman, President, Randolph-Macon Woman's College

The Trouble With Escalating Athletics Programs
By Joanne V. Creighton, President, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

Bush school plan puts thinking on hold
By Mary Lee Griffin, assistant professor of education, Wheaton College, Norton, Mass.

College Athletics: The Tail Wagging the Dog? - by Robert J. Massa, Dickinson College

Bucking the Bidding Wars - by Robert J. Massa, Vice President for Enrollment and Student Life, Dickinson College

Private colleges indeed cost more,
but they're a sound investment

Saving Higher Education Dollars
Florida's Private Colleges and Universities Can Ease Higher Ed Crunch in Florida

'Mona Lisa Smile' and Modern Single-Sex Education

Iraq War Divides Two Iranian-American Brothers - by Darius Rejali, Carnegie Scholar

The Unilateral Price Tag of Rebuilding

Homeland security eerily invokes past plans to silence dissenters

A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES
Don’t decry America’s ability to change the world for the better

Politics for the Ages: Young People Sent to Fight Wars Deserve Constitutional Amendment - by John Seery, Pomona College

God and the European Constitution

Heading West Was Part of Black History, Too
Commentary by Furman University President David E. Shi

Small Nations' Last Defense
Those threatened by U.S. preemption seek a shield in weapons of mass destruction

Is Asking Key Questions Anti-American? - by Peter Cannavo, Hamilton College

IRAQ WAR CLAIMS FIRST VICTIM: TURKEY

Freedom Under Fire: Education is the Key
Address given at NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet, October 18, 2002, by Michelle R. Dunlap, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. of Human Development at Connecticut College

Proposed IMF Lending Changes Could Hurt the International Financial System -- by Joseph P. Joyce, Wellesley College

Martin Luther King's Birthday Worth Remembering
Commentary by Furman President David Shi

Ryan Right on Illinois Death Penalty Decision
An ethics professor at an Illinois college backs former Governor George Ryan's decision to commute the sentences of the state's death row inmates.

The Laci Peterson story demonstrates broadcast news at its worst

Violence You Can't See -- By Darius Rejali, Reed College

The Politics of Paul Wellstone's Memorial

Media-oversight Strikeouts are No Laughing Matter, by Jeffrey McCall, DePauw University

Turkish Involvement in Iraq: A Harbinger of Peace or More Conflict? -- by Tolga Koker, Hamilton College

Rhetoric Expert Addresses Strategic Errors in Bush U.N. Speech

Rhetoric Minus Strategy Equals Failure: Hamilton College Expert Comments on Bush Strategy in Iraq, Afghanistan

FCC's New Ownership Rules Will Harm Local Media

Liberal Arts as a Bulwark of Business Education - by William G. Durden, president of Dickinson College

RACE IS MAJOR FACTOR IN AGENDA OF WELFARE AND ITS REFORM, ACCORDING TO BRYN MAWR COLLEGE PROFESSOR

To the Supreme Court: Thanks, But No Thanks -- by Lori Johnson, Wellesley College

Hillary's "Real Target" is 2004, Says DePauw's Ken Bode

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