Barring being granted immunity under Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ statute, George Zimmerman is scheduled to stand trial for the death of Trayvon Martin on June 10.
The Myth of “Surgical Strikes” on Iran
For all the years that the world has focused on the confrontation between Western nations and Iran, oceans of ink have been spilled over many aspects of its nuclear program — the quantity and quality of its enriched uranium, …
What Happened to the American Middle-Class Meal?
Wither goes our economy, so too goes our cuisine
First, Stop Digging
U.S. Army Cpl. B.J. Buie, foreground, an infantryman with the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, digs a machine-gun position during Operation Southern Fist in the Spin …
Can an Online Degree Really Help You Get a Job?
Online degree programs’ reputations have taken a beating, thanks to unscrupulous diploma mills and a lack of respect from HR pros. That perception may finally be changing, but it still pays to be careful.
Higher-Education Poll
The TIME/Carnegie survey shows the American public and senior administrators at colleges and universities are divided over how to fix higher education
Learn and Earn
More schools are partnering with the private sector to develop courses and apprenticeship programs
Reinventing College
Exactly 150 years ago, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln signed the Morrill Act, which launched the great and enduring public university system in America. Even during the most wrenching conflict in our history, Lincoln was thinking of the future.
Degrees of Difficulty
Tuition keeps rising, but so does the need for more graduates
College Is Dead. Long Live College!
Can a new breed of online megacourses finally offer a college education to more people for less money?
What Happened at the Second Presidential Debate
Healthier Cholesterol Levels Among U.S. Adults
Launch Party
This simulated war thing is catching on. For the past 20 years, the U.S. hasn’t exploded a single atomic warhead to see if the stockpile remains potent. Instead, computer simulations under the so-called Stockpile Stewardship …