There is a great song by a 1980’s post-punk band called Hüsker Dü. The song is called Crystal and it …
Higher Ed
Posts about higher education.
Universities are likely the greatest arts patrons in the United States, with an estimated investment of more than 5 billion dollars. …
Don’t let the tattoos and the Misfits t-shirt fool you: Victor Castaneda is not a typical college student. Victor defies …
A new book, Instilling Spirit: Students and Citizenship at Washington State, 1892-1942, by William Stimson, describes how the college campus …
College faculty impart knowledge and skills students need to answer the challenges facing the country and the world — including …
The image of the college campus as an ivory tower, including as a safe haven from crimes that plague the …
Campuses in the United States and Mexico are seeking new partnerships to promote student mobility, based on a bi-national framework …
In this piece, anthropologist John Ziker details the first stage of a study of faculty time allocation based on a …
At a meeting of the Rocky Mountain Urban Partnership earlier this year, keynote speaker Edward Glaeser, author of Triumph of …
I’ve heard that higher ed needs to be “disrupted” because it’s not cost efficient, it treats students as learners rather …
Over the past couple of years, digital badges have become a hot topic in higher education. In his poem “Thirteen …
I thank Professor Madsen-Brooks for her thoughtful post on the new Venture College at Boise State. Venture College is an attempt …
In this age of slashed higher ed budgets that demand new efficiencies, it’s not surprising that universities seek technological solutions …
In an editorial board meeting recently, we were discussing how The Blue Review might attract more submissions from faculty at …
There is a natural tug-of-war between two different goals of a college degree—to be well educated or to be employable. …
Sandy Hook had an emergency plan. Do we? The stories are heartbreaking. The media coverage of the Sandy Hook shootings …
The biggest headline in Idaho’s November 6 election was the defeat of three education reform measures that would have limited …