By . This week our collaborators at the PBS debate show Point Taken focus on the cost of university tuition: is it worth it. More...
Good for the Soul
Barack Obama Is a College Graduate
Tips for Graduation Speakers
In Which I Consider Resorting to a T-Shirt Cannon
By Matt Reed. Last year I wrote at some length about a report showing that the “death of the humanities” narrative is exactly wrong when applied to community colleges; recent statistics showed that humanities majors are the fastest-growing majors in the two-year sector. More...
The One-Body Problem
Basic Truths, but Worth Repeating
By Matt Reed. Doug Lederman’s summary of a new report by Di Xu, Shanna Smith Jaggars, and Jeffrey Fletcher is well worth reading. The report looks at community college students in Virginia, and tracks their educational and financial outcomes relative to other students several years out. More...
How Can High School Teachers Become College Professors?
By Matt Reed. High school faculty sometimes cross over. It can be done. I’ve seen it done. One of my best hires many years ago was a former high school math teacher who loved teaching algebra but hated the politics of his school district; he picked up a bunch of developmental math classes and quickly became a student favorite. More...