Jay Halfond
Creating a Student-Centered Experience
Over more than a century, traditions emerged in higher education that evolved into constraining, never-questioned practices, such as the notion of “student credit hours” as the measure of learning. This worked well for those delivering higher education, but not always for those receiving that education. Currently, there 40 million Americans who began but never finished […]
A Student-Driven Curriculum for Adult Learners
Adam Bush is co-founder and current president of College Unbound, a nonprofit educational institution that serves adult learners. Founded a decade ago in Providence, Rhode Island, College Unbound now has locations in a dozen cities across the United States. The founders’ vision was to create a college that could welcome full-time workers and parents who […]
How Higher Education Changes Lives
Lynn Gangone has spent her extensive career toggling between universities and major professional associations. She recently retired after seven and a half years as president/CEO of the American Association of College for Teacher Education (AACTE), and a long career that included a leadership role at the American Council on Education, a deanship at the University […]
Leadership with a Personal Touch
Many rural regions depend on their one and only post-secondary school to educate the residents of their communities. About one-quarter of all colleges in the United States are in low-populated, isolated settings—and these educate over 670,000 students. Two-hundred and sixty of these schools are two-year institutions. For this second Collegial Conversation, I spoke with James Shaeffer, […]
Higher Education at a Crossroads
In an era of scrutiny and skepticism, American higher education faces many challenges – political threats to elite institutions, economic dilemmas for most of the rest, and deep concerns among those who learn, teach, and work in our universities. These challenges suggest that new qualities of leadership may be needed in higher education, as well […]