Lee Gardner
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Flagships Prosper, While Regionals Suffer
The gap is widening. Who wants to attend a hollowed-out college? → Read More
The Mystery of Short-Term Credentials
Colleges and lawmakers tout them as a speedway to good jobs. Where’s the data to prove it? → Read More
The Perilous Predicament of the Very Small College
Many campuses with fewer than 1,000 students survived the pandemic on fumes. What’s next? → Read More
An Adult Student’s Hard Lessons
More than 39 million Americans have some college and no degree. What will it take to get them graduated? → Read More
The Path Ahead for Community Colleges
Three ways to reset and succeed. → Read More
Loan-Forgiveness Debate Rekindles an Old Question: Why Does College Cost So Much?
The answers aren’t so simple. → Read More
One of Higher Ed’s Hardest Jobs Is Getting Tougher. Blame Political Interference.
University-system leaders must navigate America’s most divisive period in half a century. → Read More
The Overbuilt Campus
After a yearslong surge in construction, colleges retrench and retool. → Read More
A Forecast From Fitch Sees Widening Gaps in Colleges’ Finances
Pre-pandemic enrollment trends and recent endowment returns and inflation increases could mean the strong will get stronger and the weak weaker. → Read More
‘How Do We Rebuild?’
After losing nearly a quarter of its enrollment during the pandemic, Southwest Tennessee Community College figures out how to move forward. → Read More
The Truth About Strategic Plans
What makes one a success and another a waste of time? → Read More
Why Doomsday Hasn’t Happened
Most colleges averted financial disaster. But the pandemic will still have a lasting impact. → Read More
A System Leader Sells His Vision for Remaking Public Higher Ed
The Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education has held hundreds of meetings to gauge the possibilities for how to consolidate six of its public universities into two new, combined institutions. → Read More
More States Turn to Public-College Mergers, but Easy Fixes May Remain Elusive
New Hampshire is the latest state to propose consolidation in response to ebbing numbers of high-school graduates and increased competition. → Read More
The Great Contraction
Cuts alone will not be enough to turn colleges’ fortunes around. → Read More
Public Colleges Are Going After Adult Students Online. Are They Already Too Late?
The 36 million Americans with some college but no degree are an attractive market for public colleges with enrollment challenges, but the field is already crowded. → Read More
The Year That Pushed Higher Ed to the Edge
The pandemic exacerbated long-simmering problems confronting colleges. → Read More
How the Pandemic Worsened — and Highlighted — Community Colleges’ Chronic Challenges
Two-year public institutions nationwide suffered the largest fall undergraduate-enrollment decrease of any higher-education sector by far — 9.5 percent. → Read More
Moody’s Forecasts Widespread Drop in Tuition Revenue. Here’s Why That Matters.
It’s the the money colleges use to operate. → Read More
What Higher Ed Has Learned From Covid-19 So Far
The spring and summer were full of predictions, many of which didn’t come to pass. → Read More