Field placements and experiential education are core components of many professional degree programs. These placements offer students a unique experience to obtain practice skills and professional development not easily gained in the classroom. Perhaps that’s why more students are seeking internships and externships as part of their graduate and undergraduate
Review of Professors Speak Out: The Truth about Campus Investigations, edited by Nicholas H. Wolfinger (Academica Press, 2025)
Amid profound policy disruptions in US higher education—encompassing aggressive moves to dismantle DEI programs, restrictions on international student visas, suspensions of federal research grants, and more—there emerges a critical imperative for modern, robust leadership development. While conferences have long been a key means of leadership development, growing budgetary constraints on
If you are a dean or a department chair, you are probably spending some energy these days planning the meeting you will have with your faculty to mark the opening of the 2025–26 year. I have written on this topic before, back when I was a well-intentioned dean trying to
The Emmy-winning Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso (2020–) has captured hearts with its charm, but it also offered a masterclass in leadership. Ted’s approach—rooted in humility, emotional intelligence, and belief in people—reminds us that effective leadership is ultimately about building trust, developing talent, and cultivating culture.
Driven by the Industrial Revolution, the 19th century saw seismic advances in science and technology that have continued to this day. The establishment of specialized institutions focused on scientific inquiry and the rise of positivism, a philosophical model that emphasized the acquisition of knowledge from empirical observation, led to the
What are the equity stakes in student evaluations of teaching (SETs)? And how are these stakes intensified for minoritized contingent faculty in a two-tiered faculty system? This question is
Today’s environment for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) looks dramatically different than just a year ago. Several state legislatures are now asking colleges and universities to report on their
Students, parents, and the public need to understand the value of higher education if colleges and universities are going to rebut the omnipresent hostility to the enterprise that we see
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