01/19/2016: The View From Arizona, by Ashley A. Smith, Inside Higher Ed - Rufus Glasper is retiring after 30 years as an administrator at Arizona's Maricopa Community College. He spoke about the evolution of two-year colleges, challenges in Arizona and Maricopa's future.

01/17/2016: Community College Students Deserve Better Than They Are Getting, by Jay Mathews, The Washington Post - Educators praise President Obama's call for free tuition in community colleges, repeated during the State of the Union speech, but that focus on cost distracts from more serious problems.

01/15/2016: 10 Higher Ed Blogs Worth the Quick Read in 2016, by Meris Stansbury, eCampus News - Here, the editors of eCampus News have selected 10 vetted and well-read higher ed blogs that cover a range of topics, with a focus on education technology and IT topics.

01/15/2016: Might Some Colleges Manage Themselves into Extinction?, by Mikail Zinshteyn, The Hechinger Report - It's not just because of high tuition costs. How a college markets itself, the quality of its faculty, and the emotional connections forged with students once they're enrolled are all vital to a college's survival.

01/15/2016: 5 Ways Elite-College Admissions Shut Out Poor Kids, by Anya Kamenetz, NPR Ed - Take two 18-year-olds with equally stellar academic abilities. One comes from the socioeconomic bottom and one from the top. That lower-income student is one-third as likely to enroll in a selective college.

01/13/2016: Aristocracy or Meritocracy? Just 3 Percent of Kids at Top Colleges Are Low-Income, by Joseph Willliams, TakePart - The report from the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation also showed that, although higher-ed progressives are fighting to preserve race-based admissions for the sake of campus diversity, they continue to quietly usher affluent kids, star athletes, and children of alumni to the front of the admissions line.

01/12/2016: Fresh Perspectives on Alternative Credentials, by Richard Garrett, Eduventures, Wake-Up Call - Will we look back on 2015 as the year when the market and policymakers got serious about alternative credentials?

01/12/2016: How Can We Improve STEM Education?, by Monica Herk, Committee for Economic Development (CED) - OECD's report on the PISA results stated, "Students in the United States have particular weaknesses in performing mathematics tasks with higher cognitive demands, such as taking real-world situations, translating them into mathematical terms, and interpreting mathematical aspects in real-world problems. An alignment study between the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics and PISA suggests that a successful implementation of the Common Core Standards would yield significant performance gains also in PISA."

01/11/2016: Engaging on Purpose in Higher Education, by Mark Milliron, EducauseReview - In the world of higher education, the needs are great, possibilities powerful, and partners diverse. Students are facing a future that increasingly requires deeper learning and labor-market-valued credentials, along with relevant work experience and civic engagement opportunities to help them take meaningful steps on the path toward living well and actively participating in today's rowdy digital democracy.

12/18/2015: Personalized Learning: Creating a Relevant Learning Culture for the Next Generation, Center for Digital Education - But while personalized learning is certainly promising, a recent CDE survey of 215 IT leaders in K-20 education shows the concept has not been widely implemented in K-12 or higher education. Just 20 percent of K-12 respondents and 15 percent of higher education respondents reporting having created a personalized learning culture.

12/10/2015: 2016 Trends in Higher Education Marketing, Enrollment, and Technology, Campus Technology - According to a recent survey, 58% of admissions directors said they had not met their enrollment goals this year. With the downward trend in the industry, how are higher education institutions changing their approach to student admissions, retention and advancement?