Herbert Gans, 06/29/12

Columbia University professor emeritus

A reformed liberal arts curriculum should teach critical thinking and other skills that undergraduates can actually learn as well as job related courses that help students achieve fulfilling and socially useful careers.

Tom Fox, 06/29/12

Vice President, Partnership for Public Service's Center for Government Leadership

For the first time in decades, our government is launching a new set of programs to improve the recruiting and hiring of college students and recent graduates.

Philip C. Williams, 06/29/12

President, McNeese State University

The trend in higher education is the development of custom-designed, post-baccalaureate certificates to meet the needs of our ever-more-specialized knowledge economy.

Maura Kastberg, 06/29/12

Executive Director of Student Services at RSC Your College Prep Expert

It seems there is a great dichotomy when it comes to money for college. On one hand, parents want what's best for their children, but then they encourage them to make poor financial choices when selecting colleges.

Her Campus, 06/29/12

HerCampus.com

Whether they tell you or not, employers are monitoring -- or are increasingly capable of monitoring -- their employees' behavior on the job by weeding through emails, checking phone logs, and even perusing Facebook pages.

Stephen Beal, 06/29/12

President, California College of the Arts

This is the perfect time for creative, committed students to attend art and design school. There have never been more career opportunities for creative people, and the value of a college degree has never been greater.

Jordan Schultz, 06/29/12

The Huffington Post's sports columnist, The Schultz Report

If there is one thing we know about the NBA Draft, it's that well, we don't know. Which is why I present you with my draft night winners and losers.

Forrest Richardson, 06/29/12

Executive Director, Six PAC

Our education system needs to adapt if America is to remain strong, but steps required to keep America globally competitive are not being taken.

Spencer Aronfeld, 06/29/12

Florida Lawyer, Author of "Make It Your Own Law Firm" and Founder of Lawyers to the Rescue

Why are lawyers so vilified? What is the basis for all the hostility? Is it because there are just too many of us? It is really not the lawyers who are the problem but the over 200 accredited law schools dotting our country.

John Ziegler, 06/28/12

Conservative filmmaker/commentator

This new playoff plan still has more than a few important kinks to be worked out. From here, it feels more like an engagement than an actual wedding. It will probably come to full fruition, but there is a good chance at least someone is going to regret it.

Dr. John Ebersole, 06/28/12

President of Excelsior College

There is neither a single nor a simple reason for the exploding cost of college. Quality higher education has always been relatively expensive. In fact, it is often more costly to deliver than what is paid by tuition.

Charles J. Reid, Jr., 06/28/12

Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas

In the last decade, we have witnessed a parabolic rise in tuition for state universities. In state-after-state, tuition has nearly tripled between 2000 and 2012.

Lisa Belkin, 06/28/12

Senior columnist for Life/Work/ Family, The Huffington Post

My first thought when he got sick -- even before his possible mortality, or the fact that he might suffer -- was about insurance. The others were a close second, but the first thing that flashed through my brain was he might be uninsurable.

The Crimson White, 06/28/12

University of Alabama student newspaper

The realm of higher education is precariously straddling the line between academic institution and profitable business. One of these serves the student for the good of education; the other serves the student only for the prospect of a tuition check.

David Halperin, 06/28/12

Senior Fellow, United Republic / Republic Report

GIBill.com, until recently, looked a lot like a government website. But people who went there seeking advice on higher education options were always steered to a for-profit college that paid for the privilege.

Byron McCauley, 06/28/12

Director of public relations, KnowledgeWorks

Early college high schools are an elixir to what ails much of higher education: student loan debt, retention, remediation and closing the achievement gap between students of color and their counterparts.

Dina Gachman, 06/28/12

Blogger and author

Right now the big dream is landing an apartment that has an oven and a fridge, but you would be surprised how easy it is to exist without these supposed necessities.