For more than two decades, professors have been “flipping” classrooms to move course material online and use classroom time for student-centered activity and more complex, collaborative thinking. This flip strikes … Continue reading “Save the Humanities by Flipping the Curriculum”
The rise of activist professors has shaped the culture in higher ed for decades. As activists have become more prominent, a familiar process has changed academic departments, pushing scholars out … Continue reading “Activist Academics Threaten the Integrity of Higher Ed”
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) were founded to serve African American students whom white colleges would not admit. The University of North Carolina wouldn’t admit black undergraduates until 1955. … Continue reading “Did You Know? HBCU Enrollments Fall 11% in Last Decade”
How much of academia is infiltrated by activists? Some conservatives claim that “neo-Marxism” and its sister paradigms like feminist pedagogy, post-structuralism, and post-modernism have long infected certain departments in the … Continue reading “‘Witches’ and ‘Viruses:’ The Activist-Academic Threat and a Policy Response”
Without revenue from the NCAA Final Four tournament and other sources of income, it is clear that the intercollegiate athletics industry faces difficult choices from the consequences of the coronavirus. … Continue reading “How College Sports Can Survive”
Which college a student chooses to attend is a major decision that can affect the rest of their life. What students want to study, what they can afford to pay, … Continue reading “The Right College: Students Using Data to Find Their Best Match”
For years, college-for-all was the dominant narrative of pundits, parents, and high school guidance counselors. And most people interpreted that directive to mean that everyone should attend a four-year university. … Continue reading “How Young People Make Decisions in Choosing College”
With campus scheduled to reopen in the fall, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has released a preliminary roadmap outlining how they plan to mitigate the effects of COVID-19. Although … Continue reading “Did You Know? UNC’s Plan for Fall”
I taught history from 1976 through 2013 at Harvard, Carnegie-Mellon, the Naval War College, and Williams College. The 37 years of my career coincided with a drastic change in the … Continue reading “Why Students Have Turned Away from History”
When it comes to math performance, the United States has a pitiful record. Each year, about 1 million students enroll in college algebra and about 50 percent of those students … Continue reading “Do the Math…or Not”