The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope triggered more than a few memories of mine. One of those memories was the alleged quote from astrophysicist and tv host, Carl Sagan, who referred to the number of stars in the universe as “billions and billions.”
Another memory was when Dr. Phil Ice and I presented a paper about online student retention at the biennial conference of the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University.
In a January 12th blog post on Inside Higher Ed, Professor Steven MIntz added to his often thought provoking articles with a narrative titled The Revolution in Higher Education Is Already Underway: Are you prepared?
Dr. Mintz, a history professor at UT Austin, accurately summarizes changes in higher education that have occurred throughout the 20th century.
I’ve known Bob Zemsky since he was my professor and doctoral dissertation chair at the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education. I met Lori Carrell, Chancellor of the University of Minnesota – Rochester on a Zoom call when I began participating as an advisor with the three year baccalaureate degree project led by her and Bob Zemsky.
I grew up during America’s space race to the moon and remember watching most of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo launches including the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. With the creation of the space shuttle program and construction of our space station, America’s post-moon landing space program focused more on conducting scientific experiments instead of traveling to the moon or other planets.
A friend of mine called me just before the holidays, confirmed my home address, and said that he was sending me a book that he wanted me to read. George and I served together on the Board of Trustees of our alma mater, McDonogh School, and he wanted to hear my thoughts about the book.
Privilege was written by a sociology professor, Shamus Rahman Khan, an alumnus of St.
I consider myself a well-read person who manages to stay on top of most of the current news despite the distractions from multiple media sources as well as warring political factions. In a recent article about Artificial Intelligence (AI), I read a statement about AI’s influence on SDG 4, quality education.
I had no idea what SDG 4 was, where it came from, and its context in the AI discussion, so I typed it in my search engine and the top choice was the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs Division for Sustainable Development Goals webpage.
In a recent blog post, I wrote about Aaron Basko’s Chronicle of Higher Education article in which he suggested that colleges might be overthinking how to improve student retention.
Thinking about Mr. Basko’s observations and recommendations reminded me of a Straighterline and UPCEA study released in November titled Today’s Disengaged Learner is Tomorrow’s Adult Learner.
What Works Best to Improve Retention – Analyzing and Designing an Individualized Approach or Focusing on Helping Students Be Successful?
In the December 10, 2021 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aaron Basko authored an Insight article titled Have We Gotten Student Success Completely Backward? The article’s subtitle, “Instead of fretting over why students might leave, colleges need to focus on why they’ll stay,” provides an excellent lead-in for the points that follow.
In an article titled NYU Is Top-Ranked – In Loans That Alumni and Parents Struggle to Pay, Wall Street Journal reporters Melissa Korn and Andrea Fuller open with a story about an NYU public health school graduate who borrowed $131,000 and sold her biological eggs to a fertility clinic for $50,000 to cover her tuition and expenses.
