Doug Lederman

Good for you!! We need more of this.

Highly selective, wealthy colleges and universities are on the defensive as never before, for many reasons. It hasn't helped that we (and they themselves) refer to them as "elite." The word isn't a compliment, especially in today's society. Let's stop, okay? www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

So many constituents of colleges and universities don't understand how the industry works. It's bad enough (especially for themselves) when grad students or faculty members don't, but many trustees don't either, and that's bad for everybody.

Better Defining and Measuring Higher Ed’s Value Judging colleges based on graduates’ earnings sets a sensible floor for accountability. But higher ed leaders should develop a more sophisticated approach to proving the industry’s worth. “Telling our...

How much should we lean on post-college salary as THE determinant of an academic program's or institution's value? I explore that in this column, and challenge people who care about higher education to develop a better way to judge AND MEASURE value. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Thanks for the kind words, John.

Congrats, Bryan.

There's no better team of reporters covering higher ed as we embark on the unpredictable journey of Trump 2.0:
@insidehighered.bsky.social

Eastern Nazarene College to close Eastern Nazarene College, a private nonprofit Christian liberal arts institution in Massachusetts, said late Tuesday that it would close and transition to "a new educational enterprise" to carry on it...

Yet another college closure in New England -- Eastern Nazarene College: www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...