Alexander W. Astin has something to say — a lot to say, really — about smartness. He knows some people won’t want to hear it, especially if they happen to teach college students for a living.

Q&A: Professor shares negative affects of ‘smartness’ for college students Professor emeritus Alexander Astin is promoting his new book in which he discusses the inequity of higher education. (Laura ...

Who is smarter: someone who reduces the connotation of smartness to mechanical processes for material gains? Or someone who intuits workings of natura.

Every year around this time, those of us on a college campus begin to engage in an ancient ritual — talking about the quality of next year’s incoming class. The end of winter and the emergence of ...