Category: Higher education
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Academic Freedom in Teaching Institutions: A Student-Centric Approach
The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research. Freedom in research is fundamental to the advancement of truth. Academic freedom in its teaching aspect is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher… Read more
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The HigherEdInk Reader: Whatever It is, I’m Against It, by Brian Rosenberg
Rosenberg, Brian. Whatever It Is, I’m Against It: Resistance to Change in Higher Education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2023. ISBN 978-1-68253-828-9 They say that change is the one true constant. That might be true in most contexts. But in the field of higher education, change is usually the exception rather than the rule. It… Read more
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The Elusive Goal of AI Equity
Both users and observers of AI are rightly concerned about bias in AI. Recent research clearly indicates that this bias exists and has detrimental effects. Cem Delgemadi, an analyst at AIMultiple, points out two types of AI bias: 1) cognitive bias, in which AI programmers or trainers introduce their own personal biases into an LLM,… Read more
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The Iceberg Effect
“Nature abhors a vacuum.” So said Aristotle, and maybe some other Greek philosophers before him. Originally, Aristotle’s statement was about physics. But one of the most noteworthy uptakes on Aristotle’s dictum comes from playwright George Bernard Shaw, who applied it to human communication: “Nature abhors a vacuum: whenever people do not know the truth, they… Read more
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To Fee or Not to Fee: That Is the Question
Forbes recently reported that college tuition rose by less than the rate of inflation for the third consecutive year. Yet there is a cloud behind this silver lining. This measurement is based upon an inflation rate that recently saw its highest spike in a generation. In addition to tuition, the various fees often added to… Read more
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The HigherEdInk Reader: The Small College Imperative
Marcy, Mary B. The Small College Imperative: Models for Sustainable Futures (New York: Routledge, 2020). ISBN 978-1-62036-971-5 The news from our industry is more and more troubling each day. There are prognosticators, critics, and sirens on all sides. But what about solutions? If small IHEs are in trouble, what shall we do about it? One… Read more
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Liberal Arts Degrees That Include Micro-credentials, Part 2
In the previous post, we explored the possibility of creating a micro-credentials program that would work alongside traditional liberal arts degrees to better prepare your graduates for immediate success in the workforce. In this post, we will outline some specific steps to undertake to implement such a program. These steps include 1) determining which credentials… Read more
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Liberal Arts Degrees That Include Micro-Credentials, Part 1
There is a growing sense in industry that students graduating from liberal arts colleges and universities aren’t really prepared for the world of work. I have my own unstudied explanation for this phenomenon. As the information age advances, the gap between the skills of newly graduated college students and the expectations of employers becomes greater.… Read more
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Modern Work Colleges: A Solution for College Affordability?
A few institutions–and I mean a very few–have hewed to an older model of education called the “work college” as a means of addressing the crisis of college affordability. Higher education affordability is on everyone’s mind these days. The crisis of college affordability is partly the result of ideological “piling on” that we’ve seen in… Read more
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The HigherEdInk Reader–Student Financial Success
As an Amazon Associate, I earn commission from qualifying purchases. Glynn, Amy, Carlo Salerno, and Chris Chumley. Student Financial Success: A Surprising Path to Fix the College Completion Crisis. Chandler, AZ: CampusLogic, 2021. ISBN: 9781737669104. There is no doubt that there is a college completion crisis. One of the main complaints of current critics of… Read more
