What if instead of focusing exclusively on individual rights, we flipped the script to ask what it looks like to cultivate a campus culture where free speech thrives. More...
What Should Graduates of Diversity Programs Be Good At?
I run a diversity organization -- and spend hundreds of hours every year working with a range of campus diversity programs -- and here’s a question I think about all the time: What do I hope students get good at as a result of being part of our initiatives. More...
A New Adventure Begins - My Last Blog Post for IHE
By Eric Stoller. Starting a new gig as VP of Digital Strategy.
I love writing for Inside Higher Ed.
In 2010, Scott Jaschik offered me a job as a blogger and I will be forever grateful for the opportunity. Writing for Inside Higher Ed has given me a steady source of ideas, community, and guidance for the past 9 years.
However, it's time for a change. This is my 481st post on IHE. It will be my last one. More...
Retrenched
By Barbara Fister. I’ve been hearing for years that we should expect increasing competition for students in the upper Midwest and New England because the population of traditionally college-age students has been declining. That decline is predicted to become precipitous in a few years, since after the 2008 crash the birth rate dropped and hasn’t rebounded. More...
Shut Up and Listen
As honors students you have demonstrated that you have the ability to be the leaders of tomorrow. You are prepared to, as our logo says, “Move the World” and, as our motto instructs, “Fight the Good Fight”. More...
Web Analytics: Three Steps to Make Sense of the Data
There’s actionable data gathered every time someone visits your institution’s website — but where to begin? Here are three steps to get your web analytics in order. More...Transfer Minors
By Steven Mintz. 9-10-19Nearly 5.5 million students were enrolled in two-year institutions in 2018. At least 31.5% of those students transferred to four-year institutions within 6 years of initial enrollment at a community college (National Student Clearinghouse). More...
A Final Nail in the Coffin for Turnitin?
By John Warner. Three years ago I mused that I could make far more money writing essays for contract cheating paper mills than teaching writing. More...
Let's Stop Killing Students' Spirits
By John Warner. One of the chief motivations behind writing Why They Can’t Write was seeing students enter our first-year writing class feeling essentially dispirited about the prospect of reading and writing. More...
3 Thoughts on Recruiters
By Joshua Kim. At a certain point in your career, you will likely to be contacted by a recruiter about a job opportunity, at an institution not your own. More...