We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

Distrust is pervasive in higher ed, and it partners with competition to make too many of us miserable.

What happens when leaders make promises that never become reality.

One hundred years ago, dahlias became the city’s official flower. They have gained new popularity as an antidote to the modern world.

Being a successful self-starter doesn’t mean pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.

Does it really do everything it promises to do?

The nation’s housing shortage has made it challenging for some essential workers like educators to live where they work. An increasing number of school districts are trying to change that.

One of the trickiest things to navigate in change management within higher education is ego.

Rethinking one of the central critiques of modern general education

Students frequently rely on ineffective learning strategies instead of those that promote long-term retention. This is not simply a matter of lacking metacognitive knowledge. Research on…

What legal reasoning can teach us about exceptions, precedent, and institutional judgment

Efforts to quantify the degree to which students have learned academic content are as old as the institution of higher education itself. In the early days of the college classroom, professors required students to commit whole texts to memory (usually ones the professors had written). Exams involved students reciting passages aloud verbatim, with the grade provided by the professor who single-handedly determined the accuracy of the performance (1). The power of the lecturer over the students almost defined that time period. The term “lecturer” shares the same epistemological root as the “lectern,” commonly used in churches (2). There was an almost perfect holiness associated with the lecturer being judge and jury, with grades based nearly solely on what counted as intelligence in their eyes.

A new HBO documentary by Questlove tells the story of the R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire. Morning Edition host A Martinez speaks with band members Philip Bailey, Verdine White and Ralph Johnson.

Campus discourse initiatives are well-meaning but structurally flawed.

I had to rethink my relationship to attention

Communication as a practice of leadership, not just a tool of it

What if the best syllabus feedback came from students?

"Because I am insane, I keep four different notebooks"

Many public services suffer from persistently low take-up despite high potential returns. A growing body of evidence suggests that information alone does little to close this gap; instead, hassle cost...

Dual enrollment lets high school students earn college credit. All 50 states have policies, with varied approaches to funding, access, credit transfer and program design.

We weigh the options and attempt to pick the one song that best captures the Millennial experience, from the dizzying highs of the dot-com boom, when anything seemed possible, to the post-9-11 bust, t...

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This blog was kindly authored by Dr Michelle Morgan, Dean of Student, University of East London, Dr Emily Mcintosh, Chief Student Officer, Harper Adams University,  Professor Claire Hamshire, Pro-Vice...

The long-running and erratically updated blog of Kathleen Fitzpatrick.

<p><span>Virtually all institutions of higher education in the United States share the same basic governance structure. Ultimate authority resides not with facu

Academic life, self-directed work, and the challenge of summer structure

New APLU report finds public and land-grant universities have moved from disparate student success programs to coordinated, data-driven strategies.

Using the language of innovation and experimentation to build support for inquiry-based education

Katharine Meyer and Isabel McMullen assess state "free college" designs, showing how simple, generous aid boosts completion.

What that phrase gets right—and wrong—about modern universities

Four place-based learning practices that can connect students to community, nature and a sense of hope for the future

The musical Ragtime explores the complexities of love, family, community and what we owe each other. Company members stop by the Tiny Desk to share a bit of their American dream.

What do the Savannah Bananas have to teach us about a potential future for higher education?

How visible, specific appreciation helps translate values into culture

Want to break into public scholarship? Start with local news outlets.

New research from Trellis Strategies finds that most stopped-out students believe degrees pay off, but financial strain, life demands and weak institutional ties keep them from returning.

Texas curriculum debates and the constitutional problem of religious neutrality

I’ve just read a paper about epistemic placemaking. Epistemic placemaking is equipping and arranging places for knowledge work. The paper suggests that students might actively co-design t…