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If one looks around the world, the region perhaps least served by relevant research and analysis of higher education is sub-Saharan Africa.

As institutions examine the challenges to the liberal arts, how do they respond? Are institutions that move in the direction of offering a more career-oriented curriculum abandoning the liberal arts? How might institutions stay true to the liberal arts while acknowledging the genuine needs of students to be career-ready?

This just in: well-connected rich white kids who drop out of Princeton can still do well in life, and the New York Times is ON IT.

I have a learning disability and it is something that is generally (almost never) spoken about. I have chosen to keep it a secret because I have had bad experiences growing up sharing this part of myself. A couple years ago, I thought I was ready to share this information and had even considered focusing my dissertation on students with learning disabilities in academia, but ended up not feeling ready.

The NYT is at it again.

Read enough books on behavioral economics and you will internalize the observation that we consistently overrate our own skills and abilities. Wikipedia even has an entry for this phenomenon under the heading "illusory superiority."

On average I get about an email a week from an undergrad who is thinking about going into my field or looking to attend Michigan State University and wants some advice on the process. The conversations quickly turn from archaeology specific to grad school in general.

Both of my kids have been issued iIPads in school and I am convinced they are receiving a better, more sophisticated and dynamic education as a result of the use of technology. At the same time, I worry about all the screen time that has now been incorporated into their lives.