A new series of occasional papers sponsored by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences are now available online in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. The two paper topics are "Evaluation and the Academy: Are We Doing the Right Thing? Grade Inflation and Letters of Recommendation" (also provided are links to other articles relating to this topic), and "Trends in American and German Higher Education."...

Inside Higher Ed's coverage of community colleges offers an insider's perspective on the trends and developments taking place within two-year colleges across the country. Readers may like to start with the landing page, which usually features a recently published survey, a recently published booklet, community college-related posts from the Inside Higher Ed blog, and popular articles from the...

JSTOR offers this title in its collection of full-text, online journals. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education, published by CH II Publishers, "provides new information about the governance, policies, and practices in . . . colleges and universities" as they relate to African Americans. JSTOR offers Issues 1-26, 1993-1999/2000. Note: access to JSTOR content is currently available only on a...

The American Scholar is published by the Phi Beta Kappa Society, and since 1932 they have published compelling and thoughtful essays, articles, poetry, and other pieces. The creation of this publication was actually inspired by Emerson's famous speech "The American Scholar", which was delivered to the Phi Beta Kappa Society at Harvard in 1837. They recently revamped their website, and now visitors...

This Canadian academic journal is "devoted to the improvement of college education and the professional development of college educators." Issues going back to 1993 are available by date, author, and subject. Articles are concentrated in the areas of institutional governance, learning resources and educational technology, pedagogy and curriculum development, and college and society. Although the...

Operating as a non-profit, non-partisan organization, the Institute for Higher Education Policy (IHEP)'s primary goal is "to foster access and success in postsecondary education through public policy research and other activities that inform and influence the policymaking process." To accomplish this mission, the Institute compiles policy reports and studies, and also convenes seminars and...

Launched in March 2001, this new section from the New York Times (free registration required) is aimed at both college students and faculty members. At the site, visitors can browse recent news stories organized by over 200 academic disciplines and sign up to receive free email alerts when new articles related to their interests are published. In addition, there are two special sections, one for...