Many colleges use cellphones to warn the campus of potential threats. The devices are, after all, in almost every student's pocket. Now worried instructors and administrators say that students might use phones to cheat on tests. Not only do cellphones give students a new way to stealthily ask a friend for help. They now have the ability to access…

Editors of scholarly journals are looking again at their role and that of peer reviewers as guardians of the academic enterprise, in light of recent revelations of fraudulent research data in scientific literature and continuing concerns about bias toward particular institutions, individuals, issues, or theories in editorial decision-making. (MSE)