Read Dr. Boston’s posts offering his insights into higher education, K-12 education, and technology.
During the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term in office, he implemented the following actions, some of which will affect federal financial aid: Issued several executive orders Sent letters to universities inquiring about their support of anti-Semitic activities Suspended federal grants to Columbia and Harvard Cut the federal…
During the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term in office, he implemented the following actions, some of which will affect federal financial aid: Issued several executive orders Sent…
Many people talk about transforming higher education. Sadly, most of their suggestions relate to common ideas such as cutting administrative costs, reducing program majors that are underenrolled or no longer…
A list of papers I reviewed for a future post about Parent PLUS loans surfaced an eye-opening sentence about financial aid fraud from a 2022 article published in the American…
I use an AI-related tool daily. Last October, I wrote about NotebookLM, Google’s personalized AI collaborator. In that article, I described my activities of loading links to previously published blog…
For nearly two decades, I led the online American Public University System through the early, medium, and high enrollment growth stages of online courses and degree programs. In those early…
By now, it should be evident that generative AI tools will impact the future of the workforce. Predictions of the extent of the impact vary widely. There are several papers…
I frequently write and speak about the higher-than-inflationary college tuition increases since the late 1970’s. More specifically, how the decision by Harvard’s Board in 1978 to increase Harvard’s undergraduate tuition…
(The article below was written by Stanford University’s STORM application. A summary of the article was included in my previous blog post. I decided it was worthwhile to post the…
Generative AI’s release to the world less than three years ago triggered a frenzy of new “products,” as well as predictions and criticisms of the technology. Over the past year,…
The evolution of higher education, from traditional, four-year programs to non-traditional, online approaches.
The role of private and public, online universities and online programs in extending educational opportunities to underserved communities.
Emerging theories, practices, and outcomes in American grade schools and high schools.
Dr. Boston’s reflections on emerging trends and other hard-to-categorize topics.
New insights into why students drop out of college—and how to improve their chances of completion.
How to prepare college graduates for future workforce opportunities as well as position employees for a lifetime of reskilling and upskilling.
