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Many call themselves “futurists” — Bryan actually knows how to do it.
Bryan Alexander is perhaps higher education’s most prominent intellectual provocateur.
–The Chronicle of Higher Education
One of the most creative and perceptive people in higher education today!
Is @BryanAlexander a wizard because he wrote about the possibility of a pandemic in 2018? He says he has a beard like one.
“Hardest working man in edtech!”
Gotta love @BryanAlexander‘s ability to catalyze a conversation without leaning on hyperbole or triggers.
This is so well-structured and thoughtful that it almost made me forget I was terrified while reading it.
When @BryanAlexander is futuring about you, you’d better start futuring yer own dang self!
Your prescience is wild.
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Author Archives: Bryan Alexander
What will happen to American higher education enrollment this fall?
Greetings from August, that time when academics teaching fall classes are in various stages of excitement, redesign, and panic. Out of the many questions I’m considering for this fall term, one I wanted to share today concerns international students in … Continue reading
When climate change dries out cloud computing
Greetings from a northeastern Virginia where the heat has been brutal. For several weeks we lived under temperatures reaching 100 ° F, while humidity sopped everything badly enough that the “feels like” reading hit 110. (And the Trump administration decided … Continue reading
American colleges and universities finally crack the $100,000 per year barrier
When will the first American college or university cost more than $100,000 per year to attend? I first raised this question back in 2018. I was studying higher education finances, doing some basic extrapolations, and wondered about the possibility of … Continue reading
Changing American attitudes towards higher education, according to Gallup
What do Americans think of higher education? It seems that we are more supportive, or at least more sympathetic, than we have been lately, according to a new Gallup poll: After worsening over the past decade, Americans’ confidence in higher … Continue reading
A demographic update: thoughts on world population day 2025
Happy 36th World Population Day, everyone. This United Nations-decreed event asks us to consider demographics and I’ll do so in this post. I’ll start with a recap of what we know and where we stand, then offer some futures reflections. … Continue reading
Academic closures, mergers, cuts: a summer 2025 update
Greetings from early July. I’m back home in northern Virginia where the heat is blazing and the humidity sopping. Weather.com thinks it “feels like 102° F” and I agree. The cats also agree, because they retreated elegantly inside to air … Continue reading
Does higher ed still make sense for students, financially?
Is a college degree still worth it? The radio program/podcast Marketplace hosted me as a guest last week to speak to the question. You can listen to it* or read my notes below, or both. I have one reflection at … Continue reading
Joining the NoKings rally in Manassas, Virginia
Yesterday I joined millions of people in America by participating in the local #NoKings rally. Today I’ll document my experience. There had been some significant preparation ahead of time. For weeks before I received emails giving us information about the … Continue reading
Campus cuts, mergers, and closures from spring 2025
Greetings from early June. I’m home now and Virginia’s starting to turn up the summer heat. Bicycling is now more of a workout. I water the plants early, before the sun cooks the water right off. Our cats demand time … Continue reading
How I find and listen to music in 2025
Today I’ve been thinking about listening to music, because I wasn’t doing so. This Saturday morning I did a bunch of tasks with some audio accompaniment: read news, biked three miles to the gym, lifted weights, biked back, gave the … Continue reading
