The Chronicle of Higher Education
Short Subjects
Pluck the Ivies

At a recent debate, two serious men discussed the wisdom of replacing Harvard, Yale, and Princeton with luxury condos.

LIKE COALS TO NEWCASTLE? Dorian Solot and Marshall Miller teach college students about sex.

GAMBLING ON STUDENTS: A Harvard law professor has formed an organization that is setting out to prove that poker is the perfect game to teach college students how to take risks, manage resources, and understand probability.

THE POWER OF THE SELF: An MFA student is commuting to California State University at Long Beach through various self-powered means as part of an ecological art project.

FIGHTIN' WORDS: The soap opera Desperate Housewives has caused outrage in the Philippines because of a character's comment about the quality of medical schools there.

WHAT THEY'RE READING ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES: A list of the best-selling books.