Who would be the best president of the University of Minnesota: Piglet, Tigger or Rabbit? This is the type of thought that flounders around in the head of a student leader who is a fan of A.A. Milne's...

PHILADELPHIA (College Press Exchange -- Armed robberies in the shadow of college buildings. A student shot and wounded in September. A researcher stabbed to death walking home from his lab. Throughout...

It's easy to get caught up in all that is wrong with the world -- especially on the editorial page. But once a year we set aside the time to think about all the things, great and small, that we have to...

Judith Ramaley is widely regarded as a national leader in higher education reform. As president of Portland State University, she transformed a financially ailing school into a national success story...

Last week, University alumnus Steven Schochet gave a $500,000 gift to the alma mater where, nearly 40 years ago, coming out of the closet was a trying experience for him. Schochet donated the money to...

If students work hard to receive an 89 percent in a class, do they deserve to get a plain old B on their transcript? This same ordinary B would also be awarded to students who skip class and sleep through...

etting off the elevator on the sixth floor of the University Good Samaritan Center is like entering a different world. The sporadic, anxious yells and the quick, jerky movements of the residents might...

Mile upon mile of four-lane highways clogged with exhaust-belching, horn-tooting automobiles. Drab strip malls and garish fast-food huts squatting amidst oceans of asphalt. Massive, imposing parking ramps. Expressionless...

Most people's creativity died, according to creative consultants, when a well-meaning adult taught us as children to color inside the lines. Creative consultancy is a boom industry these days. Walk into...

After crossing the finish line at the 1996 NCAA Women's Cross Country Championships in Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, Gophers runner Anna Gullingsrud bent over and started to cry. She had hoped to finish in...