Category Archives: higher education

Trump vs higher education: a report from March 21, 2025

Today I posted another vlog report on the latest Trump and higher education developments.   If you’re new to this series, these videos are where I summarize what the Trump administration has been doing to higher education, and how colleges and … Continue reading →

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Trump vs higher education: a report from March 17, 2025

Recently I’ve been tracking what the Trump administration has been doing to higher education, along with how academics have responded.  I wanted to organize my understanding of the events and to share evidence about them. I blogged about this (February … Continue reading →

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What the next Trump administration might mean for higher education

What might a second Trump administration mean for academia? I’ve been exploring this question as a futurist for some time. Way back in 2016 I blogged about Trump’s higher education possibilities.  We read Project 2025 for months in our open, … Continue reading →

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Academic closures, mergers, and cuts: August-September 2024 edition

How are American colleges and universities responding to institutional pressures? Today I’ll share exemplary stories from the past two months.  I’ve been blogging this theme for months now (March 1, March 20, March 28, April, May, June, July), partly as evidence for some points in … Continue reading →

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What would a second Trump administration mean for higher education? Summing up Project 2025

What happens to higher education if Trump wins November’s election? We’ve been exploring this question over the past year, including months of reading, analysis, reflection, and conversation about Project 2025 might mean for higher education.  Today I’d like to sum … Continue reading →

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Academic cuts and queen sacrifices across the country

Greetings from a dark November.   The past few days have been rainy and chill, the perfect atmosphere for this post. (It’s November?  I’m not sure how that happened.  I’ve been on overdrive mode for months now and calendars have become… … Continue reading →

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Higher education trends: live-blogging a Gartner update

This morning I’m live-blogging a conference panel on higher education’s future.  The session is titled “Higher Education Trends, Predictions, Themes, and Future Scenarios” and the venue is the 2023 EDUCAUSE conference in Chicago. I’m live-blogging it, old school.  So there … Continue reading →

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American views on higher education worsen, again

Just a quick post, as I’m on the road: Americans now view higher education less favorably than we used to. That’s the finding of a new Gallup poll.  Gallup has run this poll several times in recent history, and the … Continue reading →

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When will the first university or college charge $100,000 per year?

When will the first American college or university charge $100,000 or more to attend? What might that mean for higher education? I first asked this question back in 2018.  I wanted to use that psychologically important six figure price as … Continue reading →

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Queen sacrifice at St. Cloud State University

How can colleges and universities respond to today’s many challenges? One strategy is to cut: to delete various academic programs, support staff, and faculty. When such axing includes tenure-track faculty I call it a queen sacrifice, borrowing the chess metaphor … Continue reading →

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