Elizabeth

School has started for many higher education professionals, and if it hasn’t it will in the next few days. But this semester is different from previous semesters, and I want to acknowledge that on behalf of educators.

In the last year or two we have been hearing a lot about the mental health of students. We’ve been hearing about how we need to be patient with our students and do everything we can to be helpful and compassionate to them. They are struggling. They need our understanding. They need our support. They need us to be there for them and to be stable for them. Most of all, they need us to understand that this is hard for them. [Read More]

There is a drama playing out in Indiana that is a microcosm of tragedies occurring all over the US right now. Indiana is currently in a fight over public education, much like many states in America. But today the spotlight happens to be on Indiana and Senate Bill 167. [Read More]

We have come to a point in time where there doesn’t seem to be any such thing as a “fact” anymore. The public can’t seem to agree on what is factual and arguments rage on everything from what counts as news to what counts as science. [Read More]

We’ll be taking a brief hiatus until December. Enjoy the holiday. [Read More]

The world of higher education is sometimes scandalous, sometimes shocking, and sometimes depressing. But the news this this week seemed to have most people darkly amused more than anything else. Because the thing that everybody was talking about was at once terrible, but also seemed to a lot of people maybe kind of a joke. I’m talking of course, about the University of Austin. [Read More]