Wally Boston, Author at Wally Boston

A Chronicle Article in Response to the December 15 Open Letter to Congress

Posted on January 19, 2009 (May 7, 2025)

Last month I published an article about the December 15 letter to Congress requesting that six percent of President Elect Obama’s economic stimulus package be allocated to higher education. The fifteen higher ed associations that drafted the letter, in my opinion, neglected some of the pressing issues that most in the online higher education community […]

Is Higher Education Today Going the Way of Hospitals in the 1980s?

Posted on January 15, 2009 (October 17, 2023)

As the data flow continues from the published articles about the economic crisis and its impact on colleges and universities, it strikes me that the writers may be confusing facts of the economic crisis with changes inside the industry itself. It is true that public universities are under pressure from state budgets that are buckling […]

College Sports

Posted on January 2, 2009 (February 13, 2025)

From Thanksgiving to New Years Day and the following weekend, the college football schedule is filled with bowl games. After the New Year begins, college sports fans can turn their attention to the height of the college basketball season that culminates in the annual March Madness NCAA Division I tournament. College athletics is big business […]

Happy Holidays

Posted on December 23, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

This time of the year offers many opportunities for personal reflection. For those of us raised in the Judeo-Christian faiths, the celebration of the rebuilding of the Temple in Jerusalem and the birth of Jesus are events that mark centuries of traditions and religious faith. For people of these and other faiths, the end of […]

Letter sent to Congress by Fifteen Higher Education Associations

Posted on December 18, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

On Monday, December 15, fifteen higher ed associations sent a letter to Congress asking that a portion of the Obama economic stimulus plan be allocated to higher education. The letter indicates that 18 million Americans are attending higher education institutions, and since 18 million represents six percent of all Americans, a corresponding six percent of […]

FlashMaster

Posted on December 16, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

The other day, my wife and I were at a friend’s house and he showed us an electronic device called FlashMaster. His daughter was having trouble with her math facts and her fifth grade teacher recommended that her parents purchase one of these devices. I liked it as well and purchased one for my daughters. […]

“Trading Up”

Posted on December 4, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

In 2003, Michael Silverstein and Neil Fiske published the book Trading Up: Why Consumers Want New Luxury Goods…And How Companies Create Them. As partners at The Boston Consulting Group, Silverstein, Fiske (now the CEO of Eddie Bauer Holdings, Inc.) and others worked to research the consumer purchasing trends in the United States and overseas. The […]

Families

Posted on December 1, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

Holidays are often a time for family gatherings and homecomings. I am fortunate to be part of a large and extended family. When I was young, my parents would visit my mother’s parents on all of the major holidays; particularly Thanksgiving and Christmas. My grandparents lived on a farm where eleven of their twelve children […]

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Posted on November 24, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

I bought the first version of the book, Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die, which was written by Chip and Dan Heath and published in 2007. I just read on the authors’ blog that the new version is available which essentially adds a chapter and some additional 30 pages of content. […]

Trends in Student Aid – 2008

Posted on November 22, 2008 (October 17, 2023)

Earlier this month, I posted an article on The College Board’s annual report, Trends in College Pricing. There is a companion report to Trends in College Pricing, Trends in Student Aid. Published since 1983, this year’s Trends in Student Aid report is only 20 pages long but is supplemented by a website that provides detailed […]

Author: Wally Boston

Posts by Wally Boston

A Chronicle Article in Response to the December 15 Open Letter to Congress

Is Higher Education Today Going the Way of Hospitals in the 1980s?

College Sports

Happy Holidays

Letter sent to Congress by Fifteen Higher Education Associations

FlashMaster

“Trading Up”

Families

Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die

Trends in Student Aid – 2008

Subjects of Interest

Artificial Intelligence/AI

EdTech

Higher Education

Independent Schools

K-12

Science

Student Persistence

The Future of Work

Workforce