By Matt Reed. Kellie Woodhouse's story yesterday about Wagner College and its plans to shrink strategically should be required reading for people at teaching-intensive institutions in the Northeast, and for the politicians who decide on budget allocations. More...

By Matt Reed. As regular readers know, I’m not above using the blog to fish for helpful hints. (Readers under 40 can replace that with “helpful hacks” if it clarifies.) This is the latest effort at idea fishing. More...

By Matt Reed. If I could ask the Education Department one question, it would be this:
If you’re so willing to explore alternatives to credit-hour based education, why are you clamping down on the definition of the credit hour?
It’s almost as if people there don’t talk to each other. More...

By Matt Reed. The Girl, who is eleven, has her first debate tournament on Saturday.
I’m as excited as she is. More...

By Matt Reed. Over the last couple of decades, many of us in higher ed -- myself included -- have fallen into a bad habit. We referred to “for-profits” or “for-profit colleges” as if the category were simply profit-making analogues of traditional colleges. More...

By Matt Reed. In my perfect world, K-12 districts and community and state colleges would agree on which holidays to observe. When they disagree, both students and employees with children are put in a tough spot. More...

By Matt Reed. Last weekend, The Girl participated in her first debate tournament. I was there both as a parent and as a judge-in-training. More...

By Matt Reed. Yesterday's staff meeting was small -- five of us in the room -- but it started with a moment of silence in memory of the people killed at Umpqua Community College. More...