#higheredreads — Public Fediverse posts

“What if, in addition to thinking about the next mental health program you feel inspired…to create, you think about structural issues, procedures, policies & the…less flashy ways that you can make a difference in student well-being?” #HigherEdReads https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2022/12/05/broader-way-thinking-about-well-being-opinion

By the way, I'm going to try creating two new hashtags. #higheredreads will be for interesting popular media articles. #higheredresearch will be for new research in our field. Hope we can create some useful resources for folks.

Today, I'm reading this article on the "enrollment cliff" by Kevin Carey. It mainly walks the well-trodden paths of this narrative. But he makes 2 interesting and interrelated points: 1) leaders will have a scarcity mindset and see everything through ROI; 2) financially motivated vocationalization of majors at broadly accessible colleges will further divide opportunities by class and income. https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/23428166/college-enrollment-population-education-crash #highered #highereducation #higheredreads #higheredpolicy