What do college and university presidents talk about when they meet together in private? That has changed over time. When I first became a president in 2012, presidential meetings were dominated by discussion of MOOCs, massive open online courses. More...

Americans spend countless hours creating, reading, and analyzing college and university report cards and ranking systems, but almost no time assessing how the higher education system is performing as a whole. The reason for this is simple: students only attend one institution at a time, and so their concern (and those of parents, if they are involved in the process) before and after enrollment is focused on a small number of schools they are considering attending or to which they might transfer. More...

Lessons in teaching undergraduates from across the (imagined) Humanities/STEM line. More...

Thoughts from a teacher on becoming a student again after a few years away. More...

What I learned about Myself and Managing Graduate School from Watching 90’s Sci-fi Shows. More...

Preparing for the job market with the help of Karen Kelsky's book, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide to Turning Your Ph.D. into a Job. More...

Looking back at past posts about surviving your written and oral exams. More...

On how taking a wholistic approach to writing a dissertation—from selecting a program and exploring LaTeX, to backing it all up—can help you prevent the worst from happening. More...

Tips and resources that will help you get out the vote on campus. More...

Keeping everything you need to write in one place so you can work anytime anywhere. More...