By Joel Anderson. This Sunday -- despite near-historic levels of political unrest and national anxiety -- over 100 million Americans will still gather around the old flat screen, nacho to nacho, and collectively engage in one of our most hallowed, patriotic pastimes: impetuously arguing over which Super Bowl commercials are pretty darn good and which ones … aren’t. More...
The Exemplary Higher Education Marketer
By Eric Sickler. Is marketing proficiency the greatest service you and your team can provide your school? Or should you also challenge yourselves to a more profound standard. More...
Fighting Alternative Facts with Facts
By Teresa Valerio Parrot. There was a lot of water cooler and social media banter after Kellyanne Conway introduced the phrase “alternative facts” to our nation’s vocabulary. The overwhelming sentiment was that it is absurd to say there are multiple facts or data points to describe a single situation. More...
A Guide to Brand Building
By Roger Sametz. Introducing an eight-part series on how to craft an authentic, differentiating brand. More...
Where You Look
By Matt Reed. Most of the presentations we heard at Aspen this weekend were based on research conducted in one of those two places. Very little was done on students at community colleges specifically. Read more...
Predictions, Probabilities, and Placebos
By Matt Reed. Do you have twice as high a chance of graduating from a college with a 50 percent graduation rate than of graduating from one with a 25 percent graduation rate. Read more...
Friday Fragments - February 9, 2017
By Matt Reed. Judging is great fun. It reminds me of my teaching days. The students are in grades six through eight, so you have to set your expectations appropriately. Read more...
Stepping Up
By Matt Reed. The first time I told my dean that I was interested in administrative work, he looked at me like I had grown antlers. At the time, I didn’t realize how unusual that was. Read more...
'I Don’t Want to Lose the Scores'
By Matt Reed. We have dual enrollment programs with most of the high schools in our county. The way the term is used here, that refers to college classes taken by high school students, whether taught in the high school or at the college. Read more...
Double Majors at Community Colleges
By Matt Reed. Someone asked that in a meeting this week, and I had to admit, I’d never thought about it. I couldn’t think of one offhand. Read more...