Determining Relevance: Hanging on or Letting Go?
Here we are, approaching 2023, looking at huge and permanent changes within higher education. If your institution’s response to these trends is to hope things will be “normal again,” you should be concerned.
Dissension in the Rank(ing)s
Last week, US News & World Report published their much anticipated (and, of late, much questioned) 2022 Best College Rankings. The top colleges are the usual suspects, and at this point are so routinely chosen, I don’t need to list names… The problem of “best” is similar to that of “beauty”—its definition rests squarely in the eye of the beholder.
Simple Lessons In Affordability
The world is shifting. The funding once available to higher education is diminishing. The student population is changing. Higher education is tasked with developing a quality, low-cost option. In the end, the biggest impact is made when everyone receives opportunities to live their life well.
Oh Schlitz! 3 Lessons on Cutting Corners
A reactionary decision today can have long-lasting and sometimes unintended consequences.
Soaring Among Average
Institutions spend time competing against each other instead of removing obstacles that stand in the way of more students accessing affordable education options. We need options that continue to make education accessible and affordable for everyone based on today’s student needs and expectations.
Obstacles and Potential
We convince ourselves that higher education must be broken and that the traditional model no longer works. Well, that is not entirely true. It does work, for some, but not for all, and that is the bigger issue. We tend to think of higher education as a privilege instead of a common good. We spend time experimenting with silver bullets hoping that one solution will rise above the rest and solve the higher education crisis.