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Spring and Fall are the popular times for reports to be issued about higher education institutions and/or their students. A recently issued report from EAB, The New Path to Enrollment: Three…
The latest National Business Officers Association report offers a clear post-pandemic message for independent schools: the sector is financially stronger than it was five years ago, but the operating model…
I’ve been following the developments of generative AI tools since the release of ChatGPT in November 2022. I have no idea how many articles I’ve written about advancements and applications…
At nearly 400 pages, the 2026 Stanford AI Index is the ninth iteration of an annual report from the Stanford Center for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence. I have written about the…
Over the past few months, I’ve become a more avid follower and reader of essays published on Substack. A recent essay by Brendan McCord, You Are Not a Function, argues something that…
For nearly a decade, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has published quarterly and annual reports on labor market outcomes for recent college graduates. A footnote to the most…
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article about the value of a liberal arts education in the age of AI. Citing the importance of critical thinking, analytical reasoning, persuasive…
A recent Kenneth Whyte post I read cited a startling statistic: more than four million books were published in the U.S. in a single year. That figure, drawn from industry reporting,…
For more than a century, the American bachelor’s degree has been defined not by what students learn, but by how long they sit in classrooms. Thanks to the Carnegie Foundation’s…
