Because no grad student is an island. More...
Changing the Swing of Things
While astronomical summer isn't over yet, our semesters are just now starting, or about to start. (I started classes this past Wednesday.) Summer "break" might be a myth, but our summer routines aren't quite the same as our semester routines. More...
First Year, No Fear
An exciting new semester can also bring the challenge of figuring out where you belong. We’ve talked numerous times here on GradHacker about the importance of friendships and camaraderie in dealing with the loneliness and isolation that can come with a graduate program. More...
Why Amazon Should Locate HQ2 in Hanover NH
By Joshua Kim. The idea of locating Amazon’s second headquarters (HQ2) in a small New England college town may strike many of you as a bold and inspired choice. That is how it should be. More...
Should Apple Matter to Higher Ed?
By Joshua Kim. Apple makes money by selling hardware - iPhones and iPads and Macs - a business that has very little to do with goals or values of higher education. More...
Low-Residency Education and the Future of Work
By Joshua Kim. We are in a moment when telecommuting seems to be falling out of favor. The conventional wisdom about remote work is shifting. Once held up as the future of work, telecommuting is now viewed as antithetical to the needs of today’s agile organizations. More...
Is It Time to Scale College Towns: Reimagining Public Engagement through Agile Design
By Joshua Kim. To realize our preferred future of higher education, we have to create a vision of it. Growing up in one college town and spending my career in others, I took for granted until very recently that college towns are unique platforms for learning. More...
The Quality of Life Bonus of Academics Flying Less Than Other Professionals
By Joshua Kim. The agony of airports and the joy of staying home. More...
Why "Windfall" Should Catalyze Campus Conversations on Fracking and Energy Abundance
By Joshua Kim. The change that we seem to talk about least in higher education is perhaps the most important. That is the transition from scarce to abundant energy. More...
Husbands as Trailing Academic Partners
By Joshua Kim. Three times I’ve followed my spouse, an academic physician and medical school professor, to a new school. Three times I’ve had to figure out how to keep my own academic career going in a town where I arrived with no job. More...