Wally Boston, Author at Wally Boston

Higher Ed: A Day of Reckoning or Is It Business as Usual?

Posted on March 4, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

Perhaps it was Rebecca Natow’s article in The Chronicle of Higher Education Review titled “Why Haven’t More Colleges Closed?”. Maybe it was Allison Salisbury’s article in Forbes titled “Building Equitable Upskilling Programs: It’s Not Degree Vs. Short Credentials – It’s Both.” Also, it could be the hundreds — if not thousands — of articles and books about the pending changes in higher ed that have been written and published over the past two decades. Clearly, the most recent two articles cited triggered my motivation to pen this article. […]

Should State Funding of College Scholarships Be Tied to Post-Grad Employment?

Posted on March 3, 2021 (July 3, 2026)

Longtime Palm Beach Post columnist Frank Cerabino wrote an article last week discussing a proposal in Florida’s legislature to cut public scholarship funding to college students majoring in areas of study that do not have an immediate path to employment after graduation. […]

More Thoughts about the Texas Power Grid Failure

Posted on March 1, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

One week after the power grid failure in Texas, I decided to search Google for some outside perspectives to go along with the Texas perspectives. […]

In Memory of Dr. Robert L. Lamborn – Former Headmaster of McDonogh School

Posted on February 25, 2021 (June 12, 2024)

My prep school alma mater, McDonogh School, has an excellent communication system in place to notify alumni of events and items of interest. On February 12, I received an email from the school informing all members of the McDonogh community about the death of former headmaster Bob Lamborn. […]

The Complicated Politics of Vital Infrastructure Repairs

Posted on February 24, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

For more than two decades, I have heard politicians calling for a national project to repair our infrastructure. Many of our nation’s bridges are beyond their original projected lifespan and will require billions of dollars to repair or replace. But achieving this goal will take years. […]

Should Elite Universities or Other Universities Enroll a Million Students?

Posted on February 22, 2021 (November 4, 2024)

In a recently published article in Forbes, Brandon Busteed makes the provocative statement that elite universities should enroll a million students. Busteed opens his article by writing that the Ivy Plus colleges (the Ivy League plus the University of Chicago, MIT, Stanford, and Duke) produce the highest social mobility success rate, with nearly 60 percent of their students from the bottom quintile of income distribution moving to the top quintile after graduating. (Note: Just 3.8 percent of students from the bottom quintile of income distribution are enrolled at these institutions.) […]

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landing: Exciting Times Ahead!

Posted on February 19, 2021 (November 21, 2024)

NASA’s Perseverance Rover is the most recent U.S. mission to the Red Planet. I watched the landing Thursday afternoon on NASA’s YouTube channel along with 2.2 million others (note – the broadcast was shared on other channels, so I’m not sure of the total viewership worldwide). The sequencing and animation of final events of the seven-month, 292-million-mile journey was impressive, but the enthusiasm of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mission Control team during the final minutes, including the spontaneous celebration after notification of the landing, was inspiring. […]

Texas Power Outages: Is It the Weather, the Grid, or Both?

Posted on February 18, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

As a recently transplanted resident of Austin (from Baltimore), I have enjoyed the warmer weather this winter. A week ago, the weather team on the local news started making local viewers aware that the temperatures were forecasted to drop precipitously in Texas on Valentine’s Day. […]

The Counting of U.S. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials

Posted on February 11, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

Credential Engine released its latest report, “Counting of U.S. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials,” which is a summary of its attempt to list all postsecondary credentials in the United States. Thanks to funding from Ascendium Education Group, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, ECMC Foundation, Google, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Lumina Foundation, Microsoft, and Walmart, Credential Engine was able to hire the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness (CREC) to prepare the analyses for the report. […]

Student Loan Debt: Should the Federal Government Forgive All or Any of It?

Posted on February 10, 2021 (October 17, 2023)

During the Democratic primary campaign for President, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders made no secret that they wanted to forgive student loan debt. Since President Biden’s election, both senators have called on President Biden to discharge student loan debt, which collectively stands at $1.7 trillion. […]

Author: Wally Boston

Posts by Wally Boston

Higher Ed: A Day of Reckoning or Is It Business as Usual?

Should State Funding of College Scholarships Be Tied to Post-Grad Employment?

More Thoughts about the Texas Power Grid Failure

In Memory of Dr. Robert L. Lamborn – Former Headmaster of McDonogh School

The Complicated Politics of Vital Infrastructure Repairs

Should Elite Universities or Other Universities Enroll a Million Students?

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Landing: Exciting Times Ahead!

Texas Power Outages: Is It the Weather, the Grid, or Both?

The Counting of U.S. Postsecondary and Secondary Credentials

Student Loan Debt: Should the Federal Government Forgive All or Any of It?

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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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