Read Dr. Boston’s posts offering his insights into higher education, K-12 education, and technology.
What EdTech Investors Look for in Education Startups Education technology continues to attract entrepreneurs who believe that schools, colleges, employers, and learners need better tools. They are usually correct. The education sector has no shortage of important problems to solve. Finding a problem, however, is not the same as building…
What EdTech Investors Look for in Education Startups Education technology continues to attract entrepreneurs who believe that schools, colleges, employers, and learners need better tools. They are usually correct. The…
I have been a college affordability advocate for decades. When I was an undergraduate at Duke in the 1970s, I graduated with only $2,100 in student loan debt thanks to…
I’ve been following the developments in generative AI since ChatGPT was released in November 2022. At first, many of the higher education conversations that I read or heard were focused…
Jeff Selingo wrote Dream School for families. College leaders, especially those at tuition-dependent, four-year residential undergraduate institutions, should read it as market research. Across the book, a consistent message emerges:…
My obsessive read this month has been The Signal Solution: How Smart Colleges Stop Chasing Applications and Start Converting Students by Geoff Baird and Teege Mettille. It’s a work of…
The recent proliferation of articles regarding Congress’s cap on federal student loans, following the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill, has focused primarily on the impact on graduate students…
When I was in sixth grade, I received an academic scholarship to an independent school in Maryland. It changed the direction of my life. My experiences at that private school…
The first wave of generative AI changed how people write, search, summarize, code, and brainstorm. Since the first version of ChatGPT was opened to the public, I’ve written frequently about…
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.
