9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (968+ words) Some 1, 500 student affairs professionals convened to share best practices and a host of worries at NASPA's annual student success conference. Attendees attend the opening keynote address at the Hyatt Regency on June28. DENVER'The 1, 500 student affairs professionals filling the ballroom at the…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (513+ words) When campuses are half-empty and retirees are desperate to avoid "old age" homes, maybe it's time to reimagine who gets to live in dorms. Like all of Lynch's work, it's a piece that is witty, provocative and deeply human, from…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (300+ words) A principled argument for neutrality ultimately comes down to questions of institutional legitimacy. If there has been a vibe shift in higher education, one sign has been the rush by colleges and universities to adopt some version of the Chicago…...

2+ mon, 2+ hour ago  (191+ words) Under pressure, higher ed might find its next move by looking at the fringes. In her book Hope in the Dark, writer and activist Rebecca Solnit observes that transformation starts in the margins. The book explores social movements throughout history,…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (557+ words) Lobbying for Cal Newport's next book. Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport Published in March 2024 The reason I start with Newport's AI writing in a discussion about his latest (excellent) book, Slow Productivity, is…...

3+ mon, 3+ day ago  (298+ words) I've enjoyed the coverage of Texas A&M's decision to ban certain of Plato's dialogues for being too woke, but I wish the people covering it would place it in context. Socrates'the protagonist of the dialogues'was sentenced to death for…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (587+ words) If higher ed becomes the transactional model, only now with AI, we're in big, big trouble. The neglect I experienced at the hands of my undergraduate institution (The University of Illinois, 19881992) could not be described as "benign" because it was…...