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I have neither the knowledge nor education to be a higher ed "wonk" so when I talk about "free college" I'm coming from a place of values, in that I

I see Ruth Shalit has been up to her old shit. Good for The Atlantic to offer a mea culpa as part of their corrections, but I also want to

Anyone working in higher ed who wants to talk about the higher ed "business model" is hastening the ultimate demise of the higher ed ecosystem. Colleges do not have a

Every public institution that has taken the time to broadcast their U.S. News ranking for this year is demonstrating that they do not understand what is actually happening right now.

I wasn't aware that @nytimes opinion columnists did paid advertorials in their dedicated spaces. I'm wondering where the disclosure is on this tribute to Minerva because as a piece of

This is not so-called "cancel culture." This is a club where some members want to kick out another of its members and there's a fight about it. Let's please get

There's an interesting tick to some of the reporting I'm seeing about future operations in a coronavirus world. There's an unstated assumption that we're already past the peak in a

There was a way for higher ed to reinvent itself to be resilient, student-focused, and mission-driven both through and after this crisis, but it just isn't going to happen. I

I know the Times thinks their reporting is "balanced," but describing Trump's actions through euphemism actively obscures the truth. Does "aggressive defense" accurately describe Trump's actions in yesterday's press co

People well outside the @ColumbiaSurgery hospital have become fans of the daily updates by Dr. Craig Smith. I've seen lots of people talk about how well-written they are, and I'm

Do not sleep on the school reform crowd embodied by @educationgadfly claiming that they've got this distance learning thing figured out already. How? By transporting their authoritarian surveillance model directly

I think it's important to remember that state legislatures are not designed around meeting the needs of citizens and fostering well-being. Their primary purpose is to balance the budget. This