Connect with the people and ideas reshaping higher education, written by Goldie Blumenstyk. Delivered on Wednesdays.
Newsletter Archive
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July 21, 2021By all appearances, it seems the selection process for the Aspen Institute’s Community College Excellence Prize is doing double duty.
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July 14, 2021Catch up on the latest proposals in our annotated reading list.
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July 7, 2021After the $800-million deal, who decides where online education is headed? Plus a growing mentorship company shares its model.
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June 30, 2021Proceeds from 2U’s purchase of edX will create a flush nonprofit with aims to advance the pedagogy, technology, and reach of the field.
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June 23, 2021In seven years the University Innovation Alliance has produced many more graduates but not consistently closed disparities. So what’s next?
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June 16, 2021Check out predictions for online-learning growth, ways to ease food insecurity, and new arguments in the debt-cancellation debate.
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June 9, 2021Three years into this newsletter, it continues to share examples — including readers’ — of new approaches that hold promise.
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June 2, 2021Catch up on the coming “sansdemic” economy, short-term credentials, and the debts that leave students with “stranded credits.”
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May 26, 2021New approaches to internships and international experiences have staying power even as the world opens in person again.
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May 19, 2021Interviews with social and corporate entrepreneurs dedicated to lifting the prospects of historically underrepresented students reveal common themes.