FutureEd Explainer Dec. 2023
Optimism, confusion and fear
Navigating AI in K-12
Navigating AI in K-12
Education
The Student Success Puzzle
The Student Success Puzzle
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2023
How do you make student success more than a buzzword?
The Myth of the Digital Native
The Myth of the Digital Native
The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2023
Young adults are whizzes on their phones – but that doesn’t mean they have digital literacy.
Colleges Navigating Uncertainty
Colleges Navigating Uncertainty
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 2022
How vulnerable colleges are surviving challenging times.
Community Schools: An Old and Growing Idea
Community Schools: An Old and Growing Idea
The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2022
The pandemic highlighted the need for schools that can provide more than academics.
An Example in New Mexico
An Example in New Mexico
The New York Times, Oct. 7, 2022
One community school’s success story.
Bringing the Marginalized into the Workforce
Bringing the Marginalized into the Workforce
Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 2, 2022
Colleges are helping train those recovering from substance use disorders to be part of treatment teams.
Virtual Learning – What Colleges Should Know
Virtual Learning – What Colleges Should Know
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2022
Students, administrators and faculty – different views on remote education.
Robots and Special Education
Robots and Special Education
The New York Times, March 29, 2022
Researchers are increasingly studying how social robots can help students with disabilities.
The 21st Century Parent
The 21st Century Parent
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 2021
How can colleges work with both affluent – and often demanding – parents and low-income and first-generation families?
A Crusade for No Grades
A Crusade for No Grades
The Washington Post Magazine, Oct. 20, 2021
What would high school transcripts look like with no grades? And how would that work?
Test-Optional is No Cure-All
Test-Optional is No Cure-All
PBS/Hechinger Report, Jan. 27, 2021
Not requiring the SAT or ACT might help college diversity, but much more is needed.
COVID and Faculty Burnout
COVID and Faculty Burnout
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Dec. 2020
‘Mental exhaustion and radical self-doubt.’
A Year Unlike Any Other
A Year Unlike Any Other
The New York Times, Oct. 14, 2020
This year has walloped education as schools have scrambled to teach students remotely, yet some schools and colleges have been amazingly creative in responding.
Colleges and Title IX: A Special Report
Colleges and Title IX: A Special Report
The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 2020
The Chronicle surveyed colleges and universities on the challenges they face with Title IX. There are a lot.
Learning to Spot Fake News
Learning to Spot Fake News
The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2020
New literacy is flourishing in schools in the wake of the 2016 presidential election.
How One University Addressed Adjuncts
How One University Addressed Adjuncts
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 30, 2019
Working together, tenure and non-tenured track faculty improved conditions for adjuncts.
Good-bye SAT?
Good-bye SAT?
PBS/Hechinger Report Oct. 10, 2019
A record number of universities no longer require students to submit an SAT or ACT score. What are the effects on diversity and achievement?
60 Years of Learning?
60 Years of Learning?
The New York Times, Oct. 2019
Rapidly evolving workplaces and numerous career changes over a lifetime means universities need to be offering a 60-year curriculum.
The Impossible Presidency
The Impossible Presidency
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 2019
As the tenure of university presidents shorten, some are asking: can any one do this job?
Elusive Efficiency
Elusive Efficiency
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2019
What does efficiency mean in higher education and is it good or bad?
A Safe Haven?
A Safe Haven?
The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2019
The political climate is leading more students to turn toward historically black and single-sex colleges.
Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 6, 2019
Bad hotels, poor travel plans – faculty searches can fail for so many reasons.
Private Matters
Private Matters
Talking Stick, Jan-Feb. 2019
Association of College and University Housing Officers
What can and can’t colleges tell parents – and why is it so confusing?
Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2018
Colleges grapples with the teaching of the technology and ethics of A.I.
Coming Together
Coming Together
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 21, 2018
More and more colleges are merging or being acquired. It can save an institution, but it’s a tricky business.
Access or Monopoly?
Access or Monopoly?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2018
The big publishing companies are offering ‘inclusive access’ that make online textbooks cheaper. But is it a good thing?
Affordable College Housing?
Affordable College Housing?
Talking Stick, Sept.-Oct. 2018
Association of College and University Housing Officers
How to be safe and comfortable without being unaffordable?
Wooing Transfer Students
Wooing Transfer Students
The New York Times, Aug. 2, 2018
Transfer students used to be the step-children of higher education, but no more. Colleges and universities are now eager to bring community college and other transfer students on board.
Building Academic Integrity
Building Academic Integrity
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2018
It’s not enough to catch cheaters. Teachers have to create an environment where students don’t want to cheat.
Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service
Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2018
One university spent a year restructuring its recruitment and hiring process.
Free Speech on Campus
Free Speech on Campus
The New York Times, June 5, 2018
Colleges grapple with balancing free speech and students’ concerns about offensive speech.
A Comeback for Civics
A Comeback for Civics
The New York Times, June 5, 2018
In the age of Trump, more schools and universities are worried students don’t know the basics of government. Some are trying innovative approaches to the problem.
A Different Chance for Dropouts
A Different Chance for Dropouts
The New York Times, April 5, 2018
Started by Indiana Goodwill, these high schools for dropouts – whatever age – are being emulated around the country.
‘I Was Stuck for So Long’
‘I Was Stuck for So Long’
The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017
‘I was tired of sitting with my life and being unsuccessful.’
‘Disconnected’ Youth
‘Disconnected’ Youth
The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2017
No diploma, no jobs, but an opportunity.
Who Benefits?
Who Benefits?
The New York Times Magazine, Sept. 10, 2017
Millions of dollars are spent on promoting the Advanced Placement test to low-income students. Who is benefitting?
Nonwhite Students Slow to Seek Counseling
Nonwhite Students Slow to Seek Counseling
The Hechinger Report, August 31, 2017
African American, Hispanic and Asian college students face greater mental health issues, but are more reluctant to seek help than their white counterparts.
Mental Health at College
Mental Health at College
The New York Times, June 7, 2017
Three stories: how colleges are becoming more proactive; a personal story of depression and anxiety; and preparing “emerging adults.”
Revamping Community Colleges to Improve Graduation Rates
Revamping Community Colleges to Improve Graduation Rates
The New York Times, June 22, 2016
Community colleges are tackling their dismal drop-out problem in innovative ways.