By Matt Reed. At a family gathering, he noticed that people who work outside of higher education are free of the existential dread for the sector that we’ve come to consider normal. If anything, the dread is probably even more pronounced in the community college sector than in the Dartmouths of the world. More...

By Matt Reed. Dealing with the gender gap.
As you know, my readers are wise, worldly, witty, discerning, and generous with advice. More...

By Matt Reed. I’m in Monterey, California, where I was invited to give a talk to some up-and-coming community college Career and Technical Education folk on procrastination. No, I didn’t write it on the plane. More...

By Matt Reed. A couple of days ago I was trying to explain aging to my 13 year old daughter when I had a mild epiphany.  My erstwhile case of imposter syndrome has largely vanished. More...

By Matt Reed. Kudos to New America for its new report on the ways that colleges package financial aid offers.  Among other things, the report notes that many colleges present loans as aid, and often don’t make it obvious that loans are, in fact, loans at all. More...

By Matt Reed. Yet another piece came out yesterday showing the dramatic gains in lifetime income and employability for men who went to college, as opposed to those who don’t. More...

By Matt Reed. According to Twitter, the Japanese word “Tsundoku” refers to the practice or habit of buying books and letting them pile up unread. More...

By Matt Reed. I was intrigued to see Wayne State University’s announcement about forgiving outstanding debts of former students to get them to return. The program will cover up to $1,500 per student. More...

By Matt Reed. This article from the Atlantic does a fantastic job of laying out the steps that Amarillo College is taking to address students’ basic needs. Its approach is working. More...

By Matt Reed. Issues of fairness and flexibility. More...