The college counselor crisis: A system that’s short-changing America’s students

The college counseling model of the past no longer meets the needs of today’s students with college dreams, and it must evolve.
The U.S. is facing a hidden education crisis--and it’s not test scores or curriculum wars. The average student-to-counselor ratio is 376:1, meaning that the average public high school…

A practical publishing playbook for new faculty

New faculty should know that academic publishing involves steady inputs, small improvements, smart venue choices, and a supportive circle.
You’ve just joined the faculty. Between new courses, service commitments, and building a research agenda, publishing can feel like one more spinning plate. Here’s the good news: Scholarly…

The edtech blind spot: Investing in learning technologies, not just teaching

Buying technology for technology's sake helps no one--not students, not faculty, and certainly not institutional outcomes.
For decades, educational technology investments in higher education have followed a predictable pattern: Improve the teaching, and learning will follow. Institutions have poured resources into technologies that power…

Reimagining higher education through a human-centered digital lens

Higher education’s path forward lies in bringing its mission to life through digital experiences that complement tradition.
Higher education has entered a defining digital moment. For years, technology quietly supported the administrative backbone of colleges and universities--keeping systems running, processing forms and managing records.

Integrating your college’s Title IX and Title VI policies and processes

Institutions should weigh the potential benefits and drawbacks carefully when designing and implementing an integrated civil rights response
As federal civil rights compliance grows increasingly complex, and as federal scrutiny intensifies, colleges and universities face mounting pressure to reevaluate their traditional approaches to handling complaints of…