Innovation & Transformation
News stories, case studies, opinions and advice on how to innovate in higher education.
Higher Ed's Uncanny Assistants
Technology could help get beyond transactional interactions with students. Or it could lead to something bleaker.
Policy Reset
Democrats have drastically changed their tune on the necessity of a bachelor’s degree.
Looking back
Daniel Greenstein’s tenure was defined by merging six campuses into two new institutions.
Remote restrictions
Many higher-ed employees want to work remotely. Few institutions have taken as strong a stance in favor of face-to-face work as Western Governors University.
Ask the Right Questions
A former executive for 3M on the importance of asking questions instead of making statements, and how to build teams that have a little friction.
Technology
Morehouse College hopes students will use the tool, which a handful of professors will debut this fall, to ask questions and even listen to lectures that they missed.
Advice
Four ways to hit the reset button and inspire students to read course texts.
The Review | Essay
The move away from true hands-on scholarship feels tragic.
Leading by Tweet
Jordan Acker has won praise from fellow Michigan board members for his prolific social-media postings. But he’s become a target of activists: An incident on Monday is being investigated as an alleged hate crime.
'You Drop Out, You Lose Everything'
Alums of a summer boot camp created to nurture Black Ph.D.s say it’s both transformative and traumatic.