By Matt Reed. More public school students in America are on free or reduced price lunch than aren’t. More...

By Matt Reed. Wise and worldly readers, if you could design one course to require as a Gen Ed for most or all students -- and it’s not one typically taught now -- what would it be. More...

By Matt Reed. The letter from the Stanford rape survivor to her rapist became a teachable moment at home. TW suggested that we have The Boy read it, and that I talk to him about it afterwards. I agreed. More...

By Matt Reed. Michael Bugeja’s piece this week in IHE identifying curricular bloat as a driver of cost was frustrating. It had a kernel of truth, but missed the main point. More...

By Matt Reed. If you haven’t seen Elizabeth Lehfeldt’s piece in IHE about recruiting future administrators from among the faculty, check it out. She makes a solid case for talent-scouting among rising faculty to find folks with the talent and taste for management. More...

By Matt Reed. The Girl startled me this weekend, without meaning to.
We were visiting The Wife’s parents on Saturday, so we could spend some Father’s Day - related time before doing our own on Sunday. More...

By Matt Reed. The story about the purge at the University of Louisville set off a series of comments about “loss of institutional memory.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard nearly everywhere I’ve worked. More...

By Matt Reed. New Jersey has some quirks, like the ban on pumping your own gas, but this one requires a bit of explanation. More...

By Matt Reed. The New York Times ran an uncharacteristically good piece this week on steps that various community colleges are taking to improve student success rates. Its coverage of community colleges, to the extent that it exists, tends to be embarrassingly classist, so the fact that it published something substantially accurate is heartening. More...