25 septembre 2018

By Matt Reed. The real reason?
I’ve been hearing variations on “crisis in the humanities!” ever since college. Back then it was largely about content; it was the early stages of the “canon” wars. More...

By Matt Reed. Shifting fortunes.
Several years ago, it was commonplace to argue that for-profit colleges were an existential threat to public higher education. More...

By Matt Reed. Hurricanes and learning management systems.
An occupational hazard of academic administration is that you hear or read about devastation and tragedy, like Hurricane Florence, and your thoughts turn to learning management systems. More...

By Matt Reed. Getting in vs. being able to pay.
On the way back from the Michigan trip, The Boy and I were talking about the various schools on his list, and how he compares them to each other. It quickly became clear that the ranking process is more complicated now than it used to be. More...

By Matt Reed. The college trip.
The Boy and I just returned from Ann Arbor, where we went so he could check out the University of Michigan. More...

By Matt Reed. A frustration with earnings data.
I’ve had issues with reports from Third Way in the past, so I approached the latest one, by Douglas Webber, warily. More...