by Jenna Kramer and Shelly Culbertson Enrollment at America’s community colleges is down by nearly 10 percent compared with before the pandemic. In first-time enrollment, the decline is even…
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(Johns Hopkins University Press; December 29, 2020), Leonard Cassuto and Robert Weisbuch outline a more timely and versatile PhD that will end this waste of talent and…
Project Based Learning organizes learning around projects or complex tasks precipitated by an in-depth question or problem. Students, particularly in the higher education setting, are encouraged to…
A trio of Ph.D. students ask the question, “What should universities be?” by John-Erik Hansson, Nguyen Vu Thuc Linh, Ola Innset The role of the university as…
by Erin Beard As more and more higher education classes move to an online format, it’s necessary for teachers to address the pedagogical challenges that come along…
by P.D. Lesko College administrators are re-calculating their six-, seven-, eight-, nine- and ten-figure budgets, and battening down the golden hatches on their mega-yachts. There are rumblings…
by Denisa Gandera Editor’s note: Performance-based funding – a policy where a portion of state funding for public colleges and universities is based on how well they…
by Kent Oswald Does anyone know, and will they share, the purpose of higher education, both the learning and teaching parts? I’ve experienced big and small, private…
by Mark Edmundson. Bloomsbury, 2013. Hardcover. Review by Deborah Straw In “A Word to the New Humanities Professor,” Mark Edmundson, Professor of English, recommends the way to…
Book Review: Bully in the Ivory Tower, How Aggression and Incivility Erode American Higher Education
by Dr. Leah Hollis, Ed.D, Patricia Berkly L.L.C., 2012. Review by Deborah Straw As an adjunct teacher at several colleges, I have been bullied more than a…
