A blog about leadership and other contemporary topics in higher education
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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…
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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…
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The Plagiarism Arms Race: Five Strategies for Higher Education
Policing plagiarism has always been something of a whack-a-mole game. Knock it down in one spot, and it only shows up somewhere else. What we call plagiarism in…
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Work the Job, Not the Clock or the Calendar
The best employees I’ve ever had always worked the job and not the clock or the calendar. Indeed, in my first meeting with a new staff person, I…
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Are Students Customers? Addressing the Customerization of Higher Education
Students should be more than customers, but never less.
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Textbook Costs: Is The Tide Turning?
Textbook costs have soared, with prices increasing at triple the inflation rate since the 1980s, and now average around $105 per book. Students and faculty faced limited options…
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