By Eric Stoller. In the United States, first year experience (FYE) initiatives are plentiful. The rationale for these programs is fairly straightforward. More...
A Thread About Our Students
By Eric Stoller. Stop trying to make “digital natives” happen. More...
5 Things I Learned After Giving 6 Keynotes in 9 Days
By Eric Stoller. During the last week of June and the first week of July I gave 6 keynote speeches in 9 days. While I've given a lot of talks at a lot of universities and conferences (this week I was at the University of Manchester and Arts University Bournemouth), I've never done that many keynotes in that span of time. More...
10 Questions About Social Media and Digital Transformation
By Eric Stoller. At last month's Tribal SITS Conference in Wales, the digital transformation panel received more questions than it had time to answer. Receiving a plethora of queries from conference attendees via the web, I joined Jayne Aldridge, Executive Director of AMOSSHE / Director of Services for Students Kingston University and Andrew Meikle, Head of Corporate Information Systems at Lancaster University, to answer a variety pack of questions pertaining to all things digital plus higher education. More...
The Mythology of University Dropout Narratives
By Eric Stoller. Our son is now 7 and a half weeks old. When he was 5 weeks old I read an article in the Guardian with the clickbait title “Dropping out of university was the best career decision I ever made.” More...
The Bologna and ASEM Education Secretariats as Transnational Policy Actors
Troubling Times for Internationalization in Hungary
It is important to investigate the threat to Hungarian higher education and find ways to support the students and faculty working to preserve academic freedom. More...
Some Notes on the Finances of Top Chinese Universities
A glimpse into the finances of top Chinese universities suggests they share more than we might have imagined with American flagship public universities, but also that claims of imminent “catch up” might be overblown. More...
The German Election and Higher Ed
A clear danger is that by its parliamentary influence, the AfD might be in a position to normalize its positions. More...
Academic Freedom Reconsidered
Most scholars would agree that academic freedom is fundamental to the integrity and legitimacy higher education. Without academic freedom, research and other forms of scholarship are constrained, putting into doubt the validity of results. One of the primary justifications for tenure has been that it protects academic freedom and, as a result, the integrity of the academy. More...