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College accreditation rarely receives much attention until something goes wrong. A college is placed on probation. A professional program loses its accreditation. Students discover that their credits will not transfer.…
Higher education leaders have been discussing the enrollment cliff for more than a decade. The cliff has arrived. The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education projects that the number of…
Consider a working adult who has completed college courses, earned an industry certification, supervised employees, and acquired technical skills on the job. How should that person demonstrate what they know…
As I continue looking for research to support some of the premises in a book about the future of colleges in the age of artificial intelligence, I have been looking…
As I continue to think through the ideas for a possible book on the future of private colleges in the era of artificial intelligence, I have been looking for institutional…
Author’s Note and Rights Reservation This essay is adapted from a work-in-progress book project tentatively titled The Community Premium: How Private Colleges Can Become Indispensable in the Age of AI.…
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…
