By Matt Reed. What fraction of a degree should be required to be taken in-house for that degree to bear a given college’s name? 
We’re dealing with that question now, and it’s revealing some competing sets of assumptions. More...

By Matt Reed. As part of the Academic Master Plan and its focus on student basic needs, we did a survey of students to find out what they struggled with most, and where they saw themselves needing the most help. Over 1,500 students responded, which is enough to give some confidence. More...

By Matt Reed. The Chronicle has a good feature story on what happens to students of for-profit colleges when those colleges close abruptly.  It’s infuriating in a bunch of ways, most notably in the consequences for students who suddenly find themselves not only saddled with debt without a degree, but even homeless, because the financial aid refund check they were counting on didn’t come. More...

By Matt Reed. Getting started as an education blogger.
I got a request this weekend to address how to get started as an education blogger. More...

By Matt Reed. Seeking another freshman experience. More...

By Matt Reed. I’ve been in some frustrating conversations recently about “The Data.”  The term is invoked as a sort of conversation-stopper: if The Data says that something is true, then true it must be. And any truth claims derived from any other source are to be taken lightly, unless and until they have been confirmed by data. More...