John Traphagan, Author at Future U

John Traphagan Archive

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Should Journal Article Reviewers Be Paid?

Senior scholars need to start pushing back on requests from for-profit publishing companies. Here’s what I’m doing.

by John Traphagan/ March 5, 2025/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY By J.W. Traphagan: Why We Need Language Instruction in Higher Education

"As administrators cut programs to save money, they need to think about the purpose of education in a democratic society."

by John Traphagan/ March 1, 2025/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY by J.W. Traphagan: Enterprise Software and the Ongoing Onslaught of the Business Model On Higher Education

"We must be attentive to seemingly trivial changes that signal a reconfiguration of academic institutions as businesses."

by John Traphagan/ September 4, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY by J.W. Traphagan: Infantilizing Discourse and the Marketing of Higher Education

"If students aren't happy, they might go to a different business—er, college—to purchase their degree."

by John Traphagan/ August 30, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: Public Universities Need to Stop Creating Spectacular Campuses and Focus on Education

"The agenda is sales, and I can think of few things more contrary to the purpose and mission of a …

by John Traphagan/ August 16, 2023/ Education, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

COMMENTARY: Intellectuals Have an Obligation to Speak Out

"It’s not just a good idea for intellectuals to speak out on issues—they have an obligation to do so."

by John Traphagan/ August 15, 2023/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Solution to Decline in Public Confidence? “Wake Up! The University is a Social Institution Serving the Public Good”

"Higher education is reaping what it has been sewing--neoliberal values and policies."

by John Traphagan/ July 30, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Should Chatbots Take Over the World?

"The mess we’ve made of our planet is obvious, so perhaps it’s time for a new form of intelligence to …

by John Traphagan/ July 4, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: So, You Want To Be a University Administrator?

"As long as the metrics line up, the optics will line up, and everything will be good in university land."

by John Traphagan/ June 19, 2023/ Public Higher Ed/

COMMENTARY: Neoliberalism and the Demise of Academic Publishing

"There is only one word to describe the system—exploitative."

by John Traphagan/ May 26, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

COMMENTARY: Colleges and Universities are Not Businesses

The Neoliberal mindset converts higher education from a forum of ideas to a forum of goods and services.

by John Traphagan/ May 23, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: Should We Be Worried About AI in Schooling?

"For years, our schools have been programming students to write uninspiring, formulaic essays."

by John Traphagan/ May 16, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society, Teaching/

COMMENTARY: Homeschooling and the Attack on Democracy

Education needs to prepare children to function in a socially and intellectually diverse society.

by John Traphagan/ May 13, 2023/ Education, Perspectives, Society/

COMMENTARY: The Rubricization of Higher Education, Implications and Consequences

Rubricization misleads people, particularly administrators, into believing that the assessment is objective and valid. Furthermore, fitting people and programs into …

by John Traphagan/ May 2, 2023/ Education, Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/

Reject the Rubric: Reject the Neoliberal Quantocracy in Higher Education

Rubrics exemplify the idea that everything must be reduced to numbers to measure performance objectively. This makes no sense when …

by John Traphagan/ April 24, 2023/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed/

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