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One Thought to Start Your Day blog

One Thought to Start Your Day is our founder and CEO Alex Usher’s popular daily blog, brimming with up-to-the-minute insights and informed opinions on today’s higher education industry.

Top 10 U.S. Higher Ed Stories of 2024 with Robert Kelchen

Robert Kelchen is a prolific higher education researcher and also the head of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville’s Department of … Continued

The Meaning of 2025

So, was that a fun year, or what? From Marc “Tonya” Miller and the federal government knee-capping the postsecondary sector … Continued

Fall and Rise

Fall and Rise The question I am getting more often than any other these days is: “what are you hearing … Continued

Late 2024 Book Reviews

Morning all. You know it’s getting towards XMAS when I start writing about the higher education books I’ve read recently. … Continued

The Fifteen: December 6, 2024

Welcome back to The Fifteen, your source for the newest and emerging stories from around the world of higher education. … Continued

Skilled for the Future: How China is Transforming Vocational Education with Gerard Postiglione

If there’s one thing we know for sure about Confucian societies, it’s the value they place on scholarship.  Being a … Continued

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