By Matt Reed. Apparently, Massachusetts has dropped performance-based funding for community colleges. I’m hopeful that this will be the start of a trend. More...

By Matt Reed. Rethinking the higher ed business model. More...

By Matt Reed. Longtime readers know that I have about thiiiiis much patience for the “undermatching” hypothesis. That’s the idea that it’s tragic and awful when a student who could have gotten into someplace selective chooses a less selective college. More...

By Matt Reed. Why do colleges still have students do course evaluations? Is it because administrators are knuckle-dragging mouth-breathers who don’t know that students’ evaluations of faculty are biased. More...

By Matt Reed. Is a smartphone a necessity for college students today. More...

By Matt Reed. Honestly, my first audience for writing has always been myself. Part of that is because it took a long time to develop a substantial readership, but mostly it’s because I use the process of writing as a way to work out what I’m thinking. More...

By Matt Reed. I was surprised to see the headline “Why Teaching Engineering Costs More than Teaching English,” but not because the content was surprising. I was surprised that it was news. More...