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The words "Northeastern University" are carved on a circular stone wall above a flowerbed.

The Value and the Values of College

Higher ed is about values formation, but not in the way its critics mean.

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On Keeping Sanity and Purpose While Higher Ed and DEI Are Under Attack

I offer four considerations to help navigate the year ahead.

The letters A, B, C, D and F, in different colors, against a white background.

The 5-Letter Problem With Grades

The A-through-F system is not serving students (or employers) well.

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Opinion

That Chart From Brown Isn’t Really About Cheating

We made grades the point. AI just made them cheap.

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Why Study English?

Here’s how we should answer.

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Tell Your Enrollment Story Before Someone Else Does

If colleges and universities don’t act now to explain their admission decisions, they will be vulnerable to political attacks.

A person's hands rest on a laptop: icons associated with education, including a graduation cap, are interposed atop the image.

The View From an RPU: What Rebuilding Trust in Higher Ed Actually Requires

Leaning into competency-based education is one answer.

A group of students and their professor work around a seminar table.

A Certain Amount of Bravery: What It Takes to Restore Student Trust

Higher ed needs to get comfortable with the language of formation.