Read Dr. Boston’s posts offering his insights into higher education, K-12 education, and technology.
Paul LeBlanc, long-time president of Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU), stepped down on June 30 to co-found and lead Human Systems, an artificial intelligence (AI) and education startup funded by…
I’ve been writing about artificial intelligence off and on since 2010. After the release of ChatGPT-3 in November 2022, I increased my pace of reading and writing substantially. During a…
For a while, various reporters and writers have mentioned the pending demographic cliff, the year in which the number of U.S. high school seniors peak. The data, based on birth…
Every state in the U.S. provides free education to its residents from grades K-12. Some states have added Pre-K to that free education continuum, and others have added funding for…
Whenever I read an article touting an announced financial aid policy that eliminates tuition for students whose family incomes are below a specified amount, I cringe. Many reporters appear to…
After decades of touting the benefits of earning a graduate degree, I’m beginning to believe that more and more evidence touts the opposite. In July 2021, Wall Street Journal (WSJ)…
From my earliest years in school, everything was about academic meritocracy. America was in the middle of the Cold War with the Soviet Union and the “Space Race” to be…
AI Analyzes the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election STORM is a new LLM developed at Stanford University. I wrote about it a few weeks ago and included a sample of its…
I am a long-time reader and unabashed fan of The Economist. The UK-centric perspective of its business reporting provides an unfiltered (in my opinion) commentary on companies, trends, and events…
In the 22-plus months since ChatGPT was released, I’ve shared a few observations and tips with friends and readers. One of the tips I frequently share is my morning routine…
The Wall Street Journal published a series of articles in 2021 about the costs of graduate degrees and the income earned by graduates of those programs. I wrote a series…
I am a fan of dual enrollment programs. For the uninitiated, these programs allow high school students to take courses that earn them high school and college credit. The courses…
I recently reposted a link to a keynote speech that I delivered at the Distance Learning Administration Conference in 2013. The original speech was Online Disruption, MOOC Mania, and Change…
