
Adjunct Faculty and Student-to-Faculty Ratios: What Universities Don’t Know
I recently wrote a post blasting the idea of student-to-faculty ratios as a bogus measure of educational quality. It turns

I recently wrote a post blasting the idea of student-to-faculty ratios as a bogus measure of educational quality. It turns

I ran across these hilarious mistakes on college admissions essays submitted to Vassar and Bates colleges. You can find them

During a recent trip to Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, I met a young man from Massachusetts who spoke beautiful Mandarin Chinese.

QS has published its QS Top 200 Asian University Rankings. Turns out I used to teach at #4: The Hong

Student-to-faculty ratios mislead. While they are oft-cited indicators of teaching quality, these ratios have no bearing on an individual student’s educational experience.

A recent article in the New York Times reports that many community colleges are morphing into four-year institutions offering Bachelor’s

The Wall Street Journal came up with a neat trick: asking college presidents to write essays from the application to

When I visit college and university campuses, I try to search for a few distinguishing features that will help me

I spend about 20% of my time touring around the country getting acquainted with colleges. Millsaps College had been on

I had the good fortune to visit Sacred Heart University, a Catholic institution in Fairfield, Connecticut. I gleaned some “crunchy

The New York Times Motherlode Blog carried a good commentary the other day about receiving rejection letters. This is stressful

I love visiting colleges. I learn stuff on campuses. Every once in a while I’m surprised by a conversation I