Wally Boston, Author at Wally Boston

Communicate for a Change: Revitalizing Conversations for Higher Education

Posted on January 11, 2022 (October 15, 2024)

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 […]

The James Webb Space Telescope

Posted on January 5, 2022 (July 3, 2026)

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 […]

Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School

Posted on January 4, 2022 (October 15, 2024)

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. […]

Sustainable Development Goals

Posted on January 3, 2022 (July 3, 2026)

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 […]

Today’s Disengaged Learner is Tomorrow’s Adult Learner

Posted on December 30, 2021 (August 13, 2026)

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

Posted on December 29, 2021 (August 13, 2026)

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 […]

Buyer Beware – Institutions that Embrace Parent PLUS Loans

Posted on December 27, 2021 (February 13, 2025)

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 […]

Dual Credit Programs – Are They Good Enough and Growing Fast Enough?

Posted on December 22, 2021 (June 12, 2024)

I’ve been a fan of dual credit programs for a long time. In fact, I’ve written about dual enrollment programs at community colleges across the U.S. and in Texas. Inside Higher Ed published an article this week about the dual credit system in Indiana. Indiana’s system confirms that for dual credit to work, there need to be policies […]

Coronavirus Variant Spreading (again)

Posted on December 17, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

The latest coronavirus-19 variant, Omicron, is inducing whiplash for many Americans read a headline in The Washington Post. The numbers of athletes on professional and college sports teams who are testing positive for the virus are increasing daily. Yesterday, Cleveland State’s men’s basketball team announced that it would be unable to field a team to […]

Workforce Training and Education Trends

Posted on December 14, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

Staying current in your field is the goal for most professionals, especially academics. I subscribe to a number of publications, many of which are newsletters. One of the newsletters that I receive is Workforce Monitor. Its most recent issue was notable for a number of reasons. George Lorenzo reported about a recent webinar hosted by […]

Author: Wally Boston

Posts by Wally Boston

Communicate for a Change: Revitalizing Conversations for Higher Education

The James Webb Space Telescope

Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite at St. Paul’s School

Sustainable Development Goals

Today’s Disengaged Learner is Tomorrow’s Adult Learner

What Works Best to Improve Retention

Buyer Beware – Institutions that Embrace Parent PLUS Loans

Dual Credit Programs – Are They Good Enough and Growing Fast Enough?

Coronavirus Variant Spreading (again)

Workforce Training and Education Trends

Subjects of Interest

Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

Workforce