By Matt Reed. Travel budgets didn’t allow for flying to Texas for the #RealCollege conference this year, which was probably just as well; I’ve spent the last several days battling a nasty cold anyway. Happily, between Twitter and a live feed, I was able to pick up a few things without being Patient Zero on a plane. More...

By Matt Reed. Helping students who are parents. More...

By Matt Reed. Conference attendance is easy to snark at.  It can be time-consuming and expensive. Some conferences are less useful than others.  And yes, some people use conferences as excuses for goofing off, or worse. But looking back, I can see ideas that I picked up at conferences that made a real difference in my work. More...

By Matt Reed. Students have changed, and we need to change for them. More...

By Matt Reed. I saw a “climate fiction” author speak at Brookdale on Tuesday, and it got me thinking about what a slightly wider-angle lens might make of what we’re doing now. More...

By Matt Reed. A question for my wise and worldly readers. More...

By Matt Reed. Lessons from an informal survey. More...

Over the course of these last few weeks, I’ve been buried in writing. In addition to working on my dissertation, I’ve also been working with graduate students on their applications for national fellowships and academic jobs and together we’ve scaled a small mountain of research and personal statements. More...