Dr. Robert Weisbuch, 07/23/12

Former president at Drew University, emeritus professor at the University of Michigan

As a parent, I gasped at tuition bills. As a president, I wondered how I could possibly make ends meet. I've seen it from both sides now, and so let me provide you with a New Jersey response to the complaint that college costs too much: Shaddup.

Michael Gregg, 07/23/12

COO, Superior Solutions

In 1997, when influential annual hacking conference Black Hat was founded, the average person could be excused for not paying attention to what was happening in the hacker underground. But today it's time for everyone to learn about hacking threats.

Catherine Seraphin, 07/23/12

Assistant Editor, Online Specialist for Alloy Education

I've been afflicted with a consuming disease for about two years now. What do I have? An extreme case of I-miss-college-way-too-much-for-my-own-good disease.

Donna Randall, 07/23/12

President, Albion College

Now, perhaps more than ever before, corporate CEOs, university presidents, and government officials are being challenged to firmly establish ethical guideposts within their organizations.

Linda Buzzell, 07/23/12

Psychotherapist, ecotherapist, co-editor of "Ecotherapy: Healing With Nature in Mind"

Last week Newsweek dubbed the millennials "the screwed generation." But this doesn't have to be the case. Opportunities are opening up -- some quickly, some more slowly -- in the emerging sustainable society.

Douglas Kmiec, 07/23/12

U.S. Amb. (ret)., Author, American Legal Scholar

To overcome an elitist label which is fast becoming the "bain" of his candidacy, Mr. Romney is said to be looking for a vice president that will expand the scope of his social and cultural appeal.

Ken Schneck, PhD, 07/23/12

Radio Host, Dean of Students at Marlboro College

The fatal flaw in my Facebook rebellion was found where it is always can be found: the students. Turns out, my aversion to using Facebook professionally didn't stop students from going there. In droves.

My Card My Story, 07/23/12

mycardmystory.com

It is difficult to believe that we started a company -- let alone a social enterprise -- as undergraduates. Our venture, My Card My Story, would never have become a reality without the exposure and resources that college life has offered us.

David Behling, 07/23/12

English Professor at Waldorf College

In their online forum, the online philosophy class I teach recently discussed their answer to this question: How do you "prove" you love somebody?

Susan C. Scrimshaw, 07/23/12

President, The Sage Colleges

It could have been me, my husband, my daughter, her husband, my step-son and step-daughter, my granddaughter, not yet four years old. Any one of us could be the victim, or the grieving relative or friend, right now, today.

Harry Boyte, 07/23/12

Director, Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Augsburg College

If this year's election teaches anything about "yes we can," our capacities to work across differences to take hold of our collective destiny, it is that civic agency is the work of all of us.

Lara Grant, 07/23/12

University of Texas Journalism Student

College is a time to discover what you want to do with the rest of your life and I'd like to be able to use the full four years to decide what exactly that is.

Scott Willyerd, 07/20/12

Freelance Writer, Media Relations Consultant

Colleges and universities do what they can to save money in their day-to-day operations. In tough fiscal times, that's more important than ever.

Don Tapscott, 07/23/12

Advisor to government and business leaders; Author, 'Macrowikinomics'

Humanity is beginning to reinvent old institutions around a new set of principles of collaboration, openness, interdependence and integrity. Entrepreneurship is exploding around the world because the Internet enables little companies to have all the capabilities of big companies.

Jonathan D. Moreno, 07/23/12

Professor, University of Pennsylvania; Senior Fellow, CAP; Author, 'The Body Politic: The Battle Over Science in America'

The precise contours of the massive online open courses experience and its implications for higher education remain a mystery to everyone, including the investors, institutions and instructors.

Daniel Little, 07/22/12

Professor of philosophy and chancellor of the University of Michigan-Dearborn

Is it possible to gain the education and the intellectual development associated with a traditional bricks-and-mortar university curriculum through a largely online course of study?

Gideon Resnick, 07/23/12

Undergraduate, Northwestern

Making gun laws even more lax than they currently are, is by no means anywhere near close to the right answer to the plaguing weapons conundrum this country faces every day.