2018-11-16 17:17
A recent blog post in Inside Higher Education was titled “Why Would They Choose a For-Profit?” (IHE, October 30, 2018) The content was one in a series of thinly veiled… Read More
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Discussions of current trends and topics in higher education from the perspective of Bill Pepicello, former president of University of Phoenix
2018-03-01 12:59
Occasionally I am asked to either review grant proposals or to comment on symposia and the like that deal with the future of higher education. Perhaps the most common prefix I encounte… Read More
2018-02-21 05:02
Breaking news: There is an enormous population of underserved adult students. They are older than high school graduates; they work, have families and have limited access to highe… Read More
2018-02-12 17:59
In his painfully insightful opinion piece “Higher Education is drowning in BS” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Christian Smith recently observed that the amount of inanity… Read More
2018-02-05 18:45
In an earlier post I referenced Christian Smith’s astute article “Higher Education is Drowning in BS” in The Chronicle of Higher Education, in which he outlines the various… Read More
2018-01-28 23:47
Call it what you will—for profit, private sector, proprietary—one sector of higher education has been largely defined by a number of statistics, including admissions, retention… Read More
2018-01-21 16:25
The following item appeared recently under Quick Hits in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s Daily Briefing:Descendants of slaves are calling for restitution from Georgetown… Read More
2018-01-13 18:25
A recent article by Joshua Kim in IHE admonishes institutions not to pursue online education for the money. He rightly points out that online education should not be viewed as a quick… Read More
2018-01-05 20:09
I spent a good portion of my career in higher education in the “for profit” sector. As such, I was frequently criticized for the funding model of institutions where I worke… Read More
2017-12-29 16:50
There are many views these days about “the university of the future.” Some believe the model already exists in institutions like Arizona State (especially the people at Ari… Read More
2017-12-16 16:59
I complain a lot about the monolithic nature of American higher education. In fact, it probably isn’t monolithic. A monolith is characterized, for better of worse, as somet… Read More
2017-12-09 20:27
Education Dive recently cited an article by Robert Ubell from NYU in which he encourages small private colleges to pursue online programs to avoid “going under.” Although I… Read More
2017-12-02 15:50
(Continued from the previous post)The takeaways listed on page 6 of the CIC report demonstrate a lack of awareness concerning trends and the current state of online and “non traditiona… Read More
2017-11-26 19:41
The Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) recently published an Evaluation Report for First Course Iteration that documents the interim results of a study designed to address three goals, in… Read More
2017-11-19 15:52
At a recent panel hosted by the Committee Development, Gordon Gee advocated “blow[ing] up the box” of higher education. He rightly observes that American higher education i… Read More
2017-11-14 18:21
I recently received an email from a good friend and colleague who had attended a panel discussion where he was asked to comment on Digital Leadership. His judgment was that Digit… Read More
2017-11-04 17:00
I just read one of the latest (read: most recent redundant) rehash of the effectiveness of online learning and how to better engage students online. It suggests engagement online is to be fo… Read More
2017-10-28 15:15
A year ago or so, I agreed to be interviewed by a group of graduate students in a distance education leadership course. They submitted a set of questions and then followed up with a te… Read More
2017-10-21 11:55
During the Obama administration, a major component of higher the proposed education budget called for free tuition for two years at community college for students who kept up a grade-point a… Read More
2017-10-12 12:16
So where do we look to deal with the conundrum that is the liberal arts? Clearly, the liberal arts lie at the heart of what makes education valuable. But as higher education has… Read More
2017-10-02 17:06
We now return to the Liberal Arts and General Education.So the challenge for General Education is to dismantle a monolithic legacy system and restructure the pieces. The new structure must t… Read More
2017-09-23 18:17
I interrupt my current rant on the liberal arts for the following commentary:The recent audit of Western Governors University by the U.S. Department of Education Office of the Inspector… Read More
2017-09-16 22:24
Historically, the liberal arts were intended to provide a set of foundational skills and a theoretical framework that students could apply in the real world. This comes from the function of… Read More
2017-09-07 17:45
Overall, we tend to look in the wrong place for how to fix remedial education. The real problem does not lie with remedial education itself. Remedial instruction is doomed from t… Read More
2017-09-01 17:03
Remedial education is hotly debated within the ranks of higher education in America, as well as in the general public. The basic premise is that many students graduate from our K-12 sy… Read More
2017-08-25 16:24
So why is a distinction between Mr. Guelzo’s “true vocationalism” and the humanities artificial? He makes this point himself when he says that higher education has been doi… Read More
2017-08-20 16:56
A recent opinion piece in the WSJ by Allen Guelzo discusses the revival of vocational education in the U.S. and how this affects traditional liberal education. His commentary fal… Read More
2017-08-14 16:22
Higher education in America was originally designed to service an unpaved, one-lane road leading to a few select professional destinations appropriate to an agrarian economy. No m… Read More
2017-08-07 17:41
The “what” and the “where” of quality must converge in a synergistic relationship that is fully developed between education and employers. If employers and educators… Read More
2017-08-03 02:20
The “what” of quality ultimately becomes an institutional issue. First, quality needs to be defined by internal integrity in which key indicators tie academic outcomes to s… Read More
2017-07-28 16:26
Studies show that the major reason students drop out today is financial, not the level of engagement or difficulty of curriculum. In short, the things that impact student success… Read More
2017-07-23 19:13
Vital to the success of a new model, or any model, of higher education is the issue of quality, specifically what it is and where it resides. Never before have students, governments, a… Read More
2017-07-16 07:45
The truth is that there is no such thing as “Online Education.” The term was used to create a false dichotomy to describe what some saw as an alternative to the physic… Read More
2017-07-09 15:16
A recent study from the Lumina Foundation entitled “Today’s Reality” concludes that we must do more for those students whom we used to call “non-traditional.”&n&hell…Read More
2017-07-06 21:01
A current article by Meris Stansbury in eCampus News (“Is it time to rethink the term nontraditional student?”) cites recently released data (not recent data) from the National C… Read More
2017-07-02 06:49
Higher education in America spends way too much time rehashing new data and coming up with old conclusions. Here is a partial greatest hits list from the last six months:1. … Read More
2017-06-27 15:09
The recent acquisition of Kaplan by Purdue University is more than a one-off transaction orchestrated by a former businessman-politician turned university president. It… Read More
2017-06-23 17:31
So the question becomes what a new business model for higher education might look like. The beginning of the answer here is simple--look to successful models elsewhere. Don’t rei… Read More
2017-06-18 21:57
A recent article in eCampus News rehashes the issue of engagement in online courses. Like most pieces, this one misses the fact that online learning is not a simple translation of th… Read More
2017-06-11 20:58
A fourth linchpin for future models is technology. A major piece of the new faculty role—and of the institution itself—must be technology. Specifically, higher educat… Read More
2017-06-07 16:25
A third area to be considered in a new model is human resources, specifically faculty—the heart of the academic engine. Faculty must embrace a new role. This role used to b… Read More
2017-06-03 19:04
A second basic element to be considered in the future model of higher education is physical plant, i.e., facilities. The traditional model is grounded in brick and mortar. It ass… Read More
2017-05-29 15:51
If we look at business models in general we can divide them into two basic types: not-for-profit (NFP), and for profit (FP). NFP organizations in the U.S. are funded through fede… Read More
2017-05-25 01:06
So let’s set some realistic expectations for new leaders. They must be prepared for a world where education is not a viewed solely as a public good, but also as a commodity, driv… Read More
2017-05-20 17:29
A difficult but unavoidable issue for current leaders is the necessity of acknowledging that they might be part of the problem. The current system has developed leaders who can be inflexible… Read More
2017-05-15 20:01
A recent report from the Aspen Institute entitled “Renewal and Progress: Strengthening Higher Education in a Time of Rapid Change” provides a solid summary of the issues that fra… Read More
2017-05-11 20:42
Yogi Berra is quoted as having said, “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” That’s what this blog is all about. &hell…Read More
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