By Matt Reed. My podcast debut! I’m the guest on this week’s episode of “Higher Ed Social.” We touch on blogging, work/life balance, feminism, pseudonyms, shared governance, and more. More...

By Matt Reed. Many colleges -- including many community colleges -- have their own radio stations and campus newspapers. The newspapers almost always feature student writers and editors; the radio stations feature varying degrees of student involvement. More...

By Matt Reed. I admit that I didn’t catch every panel or discussion at AACC. With concurrent panels, those pesky laws of physics kept getting in the way. That said, I was struck by some discussions that didn’t happen, or at least didn’t happen conspicuously. More...

By Matt Reed. I did my usual panel-hopping at AACC on Monday, but one panel was so much more moving and potentially important than the others that it’s getting the entire post to itself. I hope it will prove to be useless, but I fear that it won’t. More...

By Matt Reed. I’m at the American Association of Community Colleges conference in Chicago, where the official theme this year is “Camelot.” Seriously. It’s on the program. More...

By Matt Reed. And from a student’s perspective, it could look like a premium service. Regular classes cost x, but first-class classes (?) cost x plus y. In return, the students are likely to expect more attention and feedback, in much the same way that first-class passengers on a flight expect to board first and get better snacks. More...

By Matt Reed. On Monday I met with some folks at Princeton to recruit post-exam graduate students to a mentored teaching experience at Brookdale. The group was chipper and welcoming, and the discussion was positive. More...

By Matt Reed. King Lear reads differently when you’re a parent. Senior citizens auditing classes alongside students taking the classes for credit can add another dimension to class discussions. More...