March 13, 2019
Welcome to College – Your Career Starts Now!
I am happy to announce that I have just published a handbook that I sincerely hope will help students better integrate their college years with
Higher Education
January 4, 2019
Maybe Bernie Sanders is On to Something!
This commentary first appeared on the web site See Thru Edu, a project of the Texas Public Policy Foundation. Although I majored in chemistry as an
December 7, 2018
Are Colleges Stealing From Their Students?
The following commentary first appeared on December 6, 2018 in See Thru Edu, a program of the Texas Policy Center. During the time I spent teaching at a
August 27, 2018
Do Colleges Attract Diverse Students, Only to Then Drive Them Apart?
The following commentary was first published on the web site SeeThruEdu.com. At this time of year, first year students are eagerly moving into dormitories across the
April 3, 2018
Laptops in a College Class? The Horror!
The following commentary appeared on the higher education website See Thru Edu on March 25, 2018 In an article that appeared in the March 12, 2018
February 1, 2018
Are College Presidents Strong Enough to Handle This?
Looking back, it was the moment in which I first began to see the dimensions of the problem.
December 21, 2017
Trustees, Take Note: Time to Do Your Job
The following commentary appeared on the web site SeeThruEdu.com on December 15, 2017. The positives in American higher education are clear – cutting edge STEM curricula and
November 16, 2017
Time for Faculty and Students to Get Down to Business
(This commentary first appeared on November 15, 2017 on the higher education policy website See Thru Edu (www.SeeThruEdu.com).) Even I have grown weary of the commentaries
August 31, 2017
Blocking and Tackling in Higher Education
The following commentary appeared originally on Augusts 31, 2017 on the higher education policy website SeeThruEdu. Of all the problems in higher education that are in
July 26, 2017
With Fewer Students, Colleges Must Dig Deep to Survive
The following commentary first appeared on July 25, 2017 on the higher education policy website SeeThruEdu.com. : Some years ago, while I was teaching business courses
May 13, 2017
Welcome, Members of the Class of….of….well, we really aren’t sure.
This commentary was published in the May 8, 2017 edition of SeeThruEdu.com. It can also be found as a link under "published works" on this site. Now
April 20, 2017
State Governments Try to Assess College Performance – Can They?
(This column appeared on April 20, 2017 on the policy web site SeeThruEdu.com,) Colleges and universities are fighting hard to hold on to traditional levels of