PERSPECTIVES: Disbelief, Sadness, and Anger in East Lansing
Mel Tucker’s admitted personal behavior speaks for itself, and a suspension followed by termination is in order. But as The …
Higher Ed Archive
PERSPECTIVES: “For Me, To Be a Chancellor is to Lead a Life of Contradictions”
"To be in this role is to understand how to navigate the landscape of power, to shape-shift as needed."
September 9, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives/
COMMENTARY by Frank Fear: What a Children’s Book Tells Us About Higher Education
Samuel H. Johnson aims to educate and inspire today's generation of young people.
September 8, 2023/
Higher Ed, Public Higher Ed, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: WVU Faculty Vote No Confidence in President, While Board Doubles-Down on Supporting Him
"The faculty resolution targeted the administration's poor planning, faulty decision making, and financial mismanagement."
September 7, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Mismanagement with Governance Inaction, and Another Small College Closes
"This college didn’t just die; it was murdered."
September 6, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives/
PERSPECTIVES: Analyst on the State of Revenue-Generating College Athletics, “This Has Become a Soulless Enterprise”
Michael LeRoy, Univ. of Illinois professor, "There is no moral compass. There is no brotherhood."
September 5, 2023/
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."
September 4, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: “The University Hasn’t Always Been Merely a Pathway for Getting a Job”
"How can we gain knowledge and wisdom as a society when we are only seeking content and computations?"
September 3, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
COMMENTARY by Adrian Lenardic: “Innovation at University, Inc.”
"It is at least creepy to have all the problems humanity may face packaged as opportunities for entrepreneurship."
September 2, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Message to Morgantown, “Standing Carries Obligations, Foresake Obligations, Foresake Standing”
"When asked about the program cuts, (president) Gee told the student newspaper, “I actually hope it helps enrollment."
August 31, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, 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."
August 30, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: Ban Legacy Admissions at Elite Colleges, and Do More While You’re At It
"Congress should pass an endowment tax on high wealth/low access colleges with low Pell Grant student enrollment rates."
August 29, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: WVU’s Plan “Backfired,” Per The Wall Street Journal
"Share of WV high-school students proceeding directly to college dropped from 55% (2011) to 46% (class of 2022)."
August 28, 2023/
Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, News Briefs, Society/
NEWS BRIEFS: Hungry College Students Are Nothing New, and So Is Hunger on Campus
Food insecurity faces college students across the country.
August 27, 2023/
Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/
PERSPECTIVES: The Power of “Dreamstorming”
"The approach communicates an understanding of the complexity of a given issue, including facets that may be unknown to you."
August 26, 2023/
Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/