Erik Gilbert
Professor
Erik Gilbert is a professor of history at Arkansas State University. He blogs at badassessment.org.
Stories by this Author
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The ReviewCollege Finances Are Being Eaten From the Inside
How online-course contractors exploit vulnerable institutions. -
The Review
A Reason to Be Skeptical of ‘College for All’
Academic champions of such plans will benefit from them. But will students? -
The Review
How Ed Schools Became a Bastion of Bad Ideas
A tale of assessment, learning styles, and other notorious concepts. -
The Review
Assessment Is an Enormous Waste of Time
The armies of consultants, software vendors, journals, foundations, institutes, and organizations are operating on a false premise. -
The Review
An Insider’s Take on Assessment: It May Be Worse Than You Thought
A recent journal report says that measuring learning outcomes is not working — and that this is no surprise to assessors. -
The Review
How Dual Enrollment Contributes to Inequality
The wildly popular program lets high-school students earn college credits cheaply and easily. But it’s not available to all students equally. -
Commentary
Stop Worrying About Guns in the Classroom. They’re Already Here.
People who fear the prospect of legal, concealed weapons on campuses are being just as irrational as those who refuse to leave the house unarmed. -
The Review
Does Assessment Make Colleges Better? Who Knows?
Accreditors who are driving the push toward measuring outcomes need to provide evidence that it offers benefits commensurate with the expense that goes into it.
