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Writing about “Going to College in the Sixties” has encouraged me to think a lot about “Going to College” today. Connecting past and present in American higher education is a fascinating and serious game because a lot is at stake for applicants and their...

No one is happy with accreditation: Institutions feel burdened, policymakers are frustrated, consumers are unprotected, employer needs are unmet, and accreditors are under fire. Because of this, there is no shortage of recommendations for how to get it right...

Adjuncts today are the "gig economy" workers in academia—a growing class of faculty who often work with low pay and no job security or benefits. For around 50 years, the proportion of faculty hired off the tenure track has been soaring, reaching 76 percent...

Like many others, I have dedicated my career to trying to improve equity and advance social change. I am especially interested in identifying ways to ensure that all people – regardless of demographic background or place of residence – have the opportunity to...

Where’s the Manual? Putting together the book, “Leading Colleges and Universities: Lessons from Higher Education Leaders,” has been a pleasure, though not a simple undertaking: the issues facing higher education today are profound and plentiful. Some days the...

Colleges face pressures from all sides to improve their performance in a wide range of areas. The federal government highlights student outcomes for low-performing colleges and threatens to strip student financial aid eligibility from the worst institutions...

Reports about the increasing turnover of college and university presidents are in the news. The reasons for turnover range from a lack of clarity of expectations, problematic responses to student and faculty protests, political interference, and more. In light...

How to Run a College: A Practical Guide for Trustees, Faculty, Administrators and Policymakers Colleges are confusing, bewildering and complex places with storied traditions, antiquated governance practices, and competing constituencies. Even worse, however...

In How University Boards Work I argue that there should be greater alignment between the following elements in university and college plans in order to achieve optimal effectiveness: *Criteria for board membership and the goals and strategies of the...

“My students aren’t engaging with my materials because, well that’s what they do, or don’t do. What’s the golden (tech) bullet to engage my students? Artificial Intelligence?, The Internet of Things?, Blockchain?, Next Generation LMS-s?, Virtual Reality...