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How the federal government could kill higher education.
We need to consider the risks.
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Brendan Cantwell
Process Versus Outputs
Different views on the how to assess higher education.
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Brendan Cantwell
The liberal case for WVU's restructuring.
Whats happening in WVU might not spread to every corner of US higher education, but it should give us all pause to think about what we really want, and…
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Brendan Cantwell
Two things can be true at once.
Are public research universities broke or are they flush with cash and spending like drunken sailors? Both.
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Brendan Cantwell
More graduate students than ever.
The notion that we are over-educating people is a normative idea, and the proposed solutions reflect a sort of policy arrogance.
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Brendan Cantwell
AAU Expansion Hot Take
My hot takes and burining questions on the AAU's announced expansion.
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Brendan Cantwell
The spiral of disillusionment
The weekend bonds between public universities and communities.
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Brendan Cantwell
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