By Matt Reed. Pushing back, hard, on the narrative that colleges should be run like businesses. Read more...
The Pile
By Matt Reed. How four-year colleges make the case to prospective students.
The Boy is a high school sophomore. He took the first round of the PSAT’s and scored pretty well. Read more...
The Future is Slippery
By Matt Reed. This week I had another variation on a conversation I have at least once a month. It goes like this. Read more...
Friday Fragments - January 19, 2017
By Matt Reed. I’m sort of obsessed with this story from the Times, and its interactive graphics. It’s about social mobility among graduates of different colleges and universities. Read more...
A Phrase I Never Want to Hear Again
By Matt Reed. “I need this class to stay on my parents’ health insurance.”
I used to hear that a lot, back in the pre-ACA days. And it was true. Read more...
Buy Two, Get Two Free
By Matt Reed. Rhode Island’s governor, Gina Raimondo, has come up with a nifty variation on free community college. = If you attend full-time and maintain a GPA above 2.0, you have a choice: you can do two free years at the state’s community college, or you can do the junior and senior years free at the state college or university. Read more...
Firemen and Closers
By Matt Reed. The 70’s weren’t a great time in America in many ways, but they were an amazing time for relief pitchers. Read more...
'Placement Colleges'
By Matt Reed. Missing the point of community colleges.
It’s a shame, because the term “placement colleges” has a ring to it. He could have been on to something. Read more...
Loss Aversion and Change
By Matt Reed. Leading change on campus.
Could you live on 20 percent less income? What about 80 percent of your income. Read more...
“Mom Always Liked You Best!”
By Matt Reed. I work at a multi-campus institution that also has several off-campus locations. (For accreditation purposes, there’s a difference between a branch campus and an off-campus location.) While the relationship between the main campus and the other locations is quite good, there’s always a vague undercurrent of questions. Read more...