Peter Thiel on the corruption of colleges today. Modern American universities are as corrupt as the medieval church. Paying exorbitant...

January 2017. Lead presenter. Talking about social entrepreneurship. Totally unrehearsed, unprepared. 700 views Feb 9, 2017 Peter...

Have a vision. Know your numbers. Maintain a sense of humor. These are the three 'rules' that characterized my approach to being a...

Fifty years ago I was approaching my senior year in college, my fourth year on campus, my first year in my Hughes single room in the...

Here are some interesting links, graphics, data and some analysis of student college debt in America. None of it includes rational...

"When you are old," recited by Cillian Murphy. Or, if you prefer, by Collin Farrell. Here is an effort to make sense of the words. "When...

As my fourth fall outside the classroom -- following more than sixty years heading for the classroom each September -- I expect to make a...

When I was dean at Central Arkansas, Henderson State seemed to be a pretty dynamic college. Apparently not any more. The school has...

Reminiscing about my college days while watching a "making of" video about Animal House made me want to go back and explore my own...

Stories like this make me happy that I am cynical, especially about higher ed. Davis & Elkins College is a small institution (a little...

Shortly after leaving academe -- after fifty years of being absorbed in that "institution," as in "you belong in an institution" -- three...

From a classic analysis, "the true cost of public education." So this week, a letter to the editor at the Wall Street Journal repeats a...

This is the senior speech that Julie Hartman ‘22 delivered in Harvard’s Memorial Chapel on May 3, 2022. The audio of the speech can be...

The president of Kenyon tries to make a case for a liberal arts education as the underpinning of STEM. His problem is that the jobs are...

Let's face it. College is not for all. According to new data from American Compass’s “Failing on Purpose” survey of 2,000 young adults...

College is both a life and an educational experience. For many, it is the first time that they are away from home, unmanaged and...

Just when I though it was safe to stop writing.... Went to bed early last night yet had a terrible time getting to sleep. Earlier, I...

Biden decides to drop testing for inbound travelers to the United States. Thanks a lot, Joe. A week late and $200 intestine charges...

Here are ten of the worst examples of cancel culture on college campuses from the past school year. Two of the ten worst come from...

Spring 2022. There is one very large thumb on the admissions scale at elite universities. The same groups pointing out the privilege of...