Wally Boston, Author at Wally Boston

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

Posted on July 9, 2010 (November 21, 2024)

Approximately two years ago, I reviewed Nicholas Carr’s book, The Big Switch. At the time, I applauded Carr’s creativity for examining the declining costs in computers, the increasing power of processing through “the cloud” and enormous server farms and his prediction that lower computing cost would enable and empower individuals, not large corporations, to create […]

A Challenge to States

Posted on June 21, 2010 (May 2, 2024)

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education “promotes public policies that enhance Americans’ opportunities to pursue and achieve high-quality education and training beyond high school.” The organization also “prepares action-oriented analyses of pressing policy issues facing the states and the nation regarding opportunity and achievement in higher education-including two- and four-year, public and private, […]

Higher Ed’s Economic Challenges

Posted on May 25, 2010 (March 8, 2024)

The global economic downturn has had a profound impact on nearly all industries. Higher education is no exception. As students struggle to find affordable options for continuing their educations, institutions of higher education have found it increasingly difficult to conduct “business as usual” in the face of shrinking government funding, dwindling endowments, and increasing enrollments. […]

Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

Posted on April 28, 2010 (October 17, 2023)

Chip and Dan Heath co-authored the book Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die that I reviewed on this blog in November 2008. Chip is a professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Dan is a Senior Fellow at Duke University’s Center for the Advancement of Social Entrepreneurship (CASE). Their […]

Back From School

Posted on April 19, 2010 (October 17, 2023)

In December, I wrote a post about why the frequency of my writing slowed and would continue to slow. The explanation was simple: I had entered a doctoral program and was engaged in the final writing stage of my dissertation. I am pleased to say that I satisfactorily completed all the requirements for my doctoral […]

With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them

Posted on March 2, 2010 (July 4, 2026)

I recently had the chance to read a research report titled “With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them,” published by Public Agenda with financial support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The authors of the report surveyed over 600 young adults between the ages of 22 and 30. The purpose of the survey was […]

APUS Launches Sustainability Blog

Posted on February 1, 2010 (May 7, 2025)

In September 2007, American Public University System (APUS) signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) as a charter signatory. There are now more than 600 signatories to the commitment. Each institution is required to complete and submit a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Inventory within one year of signing the commitment and within two […]

The World’s Response to the Situation in Haiti

Posted on January 14, 2010 (October 17, 2023)

The world’s response to the situation in Haiti over the next few days will be critical in finding survivors, helping the injured, and providing food, water, and other supplies to a nation devastated by the disastrous earthquake which hit that country on January 12th. We know that we will have students and faculty members deployed […]

An Apology to the Coast Guard

Posted on January 11, 2010 (April 30, 2024)

For a number of years, we have printed a calendar for our students serving in the armed forces. In previous years, the theme for the pictures was “Our Athletes Don’t Play Games” with pictures of service members provided by the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security. This year, we altered the theme to […]

Thoughts on the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2009 (October 17, 2023)

Last night I watched CNN and FoxNews for a while. Both shows had panelists discussing the recent incident with the Nigerian terrorist on the Northwest/Delta flight to Detroit from Amsterdam. Panelists discussed the fact that the terrorist’s father reported his concerns about his son’s radical activities to officials from Yemen, the U.S. embassy in Abuja, […]

Author: Wally Boston

Posts by Wally Boston

The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr

A Challenge to States

Higher Ed’s Economic Challenges

Back From School

With Their Whole Lives Ahead of Them

APUS Launches Sustainability Blog

The World’s Response to the Situation in Haiti

An Apology to the Coast Guard

Thoughts on the New Year

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Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

Workforce