By Matt Reed. Last week, on election night, the honors students at the college hosted a viewing party to watch the returns as they came in. I took The Girl, who has clearly inherited my fascination with politics. More...

By Matt Reed. Sometimes it doesn’t take much. In 2012, the Feds rescinded the “ability to benefit” rule for colleges that administer Title IV financial aid. More...

By Matt Reed. In the week after Donald Trump became the president-elect, stock prices of several major for-profit colleges rallied. Is that a signal of a return to their halcyon days. More...

By Matt Reed. So endowed chairs are a “foolproof recruiting tool.”  I’ll take the Chronicle’s word for it.
In thirteen years (!) of community college administration, I’ve never hired a professor at a senior level.  I suspect I never will. More...

By Matt Reed. I’ve been looking hard at barriers to middle-wage employment lately, both for personal interest and in service of Brookdale’s goal of rebuilding the middle class in Monmouth County. More...

By Matt Reed. You know what would be perfect for many parents? Part-time jobs that offer benefits. More...

By Matt Reed. This one has nothing to do with the election. Promise.
Last year we started a program in which several full-time faculty, mostly tenured, were compensated for being on call for confidential peer-to-peer class observations. More...