By Matt Reed. We recently had an internal search for an interim administrative position. Four people initially applied, each with an individual letter. More...
OER and Dual Enrollment
By Matt Reed. Most public high schools supply textbooks free of charge to their students. Most colleges don’t. When a college teaches courses in a high school for high school students, someone -- whether the district, the students, the parents, or the external funder, if any -- is likely to get sticker shock at the cost of the books. That’s because they’ve been working on a “free textbooks” model forever. The aspect of OER that seems so novel in the college setting is old hat in the high school setting. More...
Income Caps
By Matt Reed. Free community college should be available to all.
’m glad to see that Maryland is joining the list of states either rolling out or seriously considering a free community college program. More...
Mammals In Space
Friday Fragments - May 11, 2018
Social Change is the Art of Persuasion
By Eboo Patel. Which approach to diversity – the langue of power and privilege, or the language of American capaciousness – is better for multiculturalism?
I recently gave a commencement address at a college in rural Ohio. More...
Two Futures
By Eboo Patel. Commencement address I gave at Honors Convocation at the University of Illinois at Chicago and at College of Wooster. More...
The Evolution of the Student Body Continues
By Georgia Nugent. Throughout their history, America’s colleges and universities have changed, in response to changes in the nation’s demographics, social mores, economic conditions, and workforce needs. Today, small, independent institutions are changing rapidly, not only in the curricula they offer but in the student populations they serve. Yet the perception that small, private colleges and universities enroll only an elite population remains a stereotype, even though it is demonstrably false. More...
Millennials like me need real solutions, not a £10,000 gimmick
It will take more than a handout to fix structural inequalities that deny young people education, employment and property. More...
The Role of Experience Mapping in Communciations Planning
Creating an experience map of a problem provides a nuanced way of exploring your challenge and developing a dynamic model for addressing it. More...