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In The Age of Four Million Books, We Must Improve Critical Thinking

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A recent Kenneth Whyte post I read cited a startling statistic: more than four million books were published in the U.S. in a single year. That figure, drawn from industry reporting, represents a dramatic increase driven largely by self-publishing and digital tools, namely AI. Four million books in one year translates to roughly 11,000 books per day, […]

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The 120-Credit Illusion: Why the 3-Year Bachelor’s Degree is on the Rise

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For more than a century, the American bachelor’s degree has been defined not by what students learn, but by how long they sit in classrooms. Thanks to the Carnegie Foundation’s pronouncement in 1906 that retirement pensions for professors would only be provided to colleges that adopted the 120-hour secondary standard, the 120 credit hours over […]

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The Problem Isn’t Choosing a Major, It’s When We Ask Students to Do It

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When my twin daughters were recruited by colleges, they were advised to apply to the business school because it was harder to transfer into the business school once they were enrolled at their respective colleges than it was to apply to it in high school. As D1 athletes, my daughters were required to meet weekly […]

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Reassessing the Value of Liberal Arts Education in the Age of AI

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Parents are understandably anxious. Artificial intelligence is moving quickly. Tools that did not exist three years ago can now draft memos, analyze financial statements, generate computer code, design marketing campaigns, and summarize legal briefs. Headlines routinely suggest that entire categories of entry-level jobs may disappear or be radically redefined. In this environment, it’s natural for […]

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Crisis and Opportunity: Deloitte’s 2026 Higher Education Trends Report

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You would have to be a hermit, living a life removed from all forms of media and conversations with people, to be unaware of the multiple crises endangering institutions of higher education today and in the future. The intro to Deloitte’s most recent trends report does not pull punches about the current state of play. […]

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The Tuition Discounting Trap: Understanding Net Price at Private Colleges

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve published several articles about private colleges in the US. My first post discussed two articles by Daniel Greenstein, whose research of more than 1,000 private colleges indicated that enrollment scale and admissions selectivity were key indicators for these institutions’ ongoing financial success or financial risk. To analyze the reasonableness […]

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Iowa Private Colleges Protest Community College Bachelor’s Degrees

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I had planned to take a break from writing about private colleges. Last week’s LinkedIn postings from several colleagues motivated me to read several articles about private four-year colleges in Iowa. The posts that I read discussed a proposed bill in Iowa that would allow two-year colleges to offer four-year degrees. The four-year private colleges […]

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Which Private Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania Can Survive Small Enrollments?

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[Note: This article follows some of the format from three previous articles commenting on Daniel Greenstein’s analysis of more than 1,000 private colleges across the U.S., and my thoughts about his analysis utilizing data from 15 private colleges and universities in Maryland, 24 private colleges in Virginia, and 30 private colleges and universities in Florida. […]

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What You Should Know About Board Membership Before Saying Yes

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I was recently asked to facilitate a workshop about serving on boards. Thanks to a successful and lengthy professional career, I estimate that I have actively served on at least 30 boards (because I was an officer of several public companies, I have technically served on the board of more than 100 subsidiary corporations). After […]

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

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