The Undergraduate Education That Drags On and On and On

You Can Enroll at California State University. But When Can You Graduate?

How long should it take a good student to earn a four-year college degree? The answer once seemed obvious to me: four years. But that was until I started teaching in the California State University system.

Over the past year and a half, I have taught 13 courses at three separate California State University campuses. The caliber of my students has been equal to what I encountered as a teaching assistant at a private top-tier research university; they are smart, ambitious, and dedicated. But for circumstance, many of these students could …

by Jason LaBau | April 23, 2013

I’m a College President. Go Ahead: Be Jealous

But Let Me Set the Record Straight On a Few Things

by Harold R. Wilde | March 28, 2012

For the past 21 years, I’ve been the president of a small 150-year-old private college of 3000 students. My wife and I live in the middle of the North Central …

Middle-Class Schools at the Big Dance

San Diego State and Long Beach State May Be Underdogs in NCAAs, But They’re Big Winners for California

by Daniel Weintraub | March 14, 2012

Like parents with more than one child, Californians say they love all of their higher education systems equally. But everyone knows that the University of California is really the favorite, …

What Should Universities Do For Their Cities?

Perspectives On How Gown Can Help Town

January 11, 2012

Universities often set up shop in cities, and cities often set up shop around universities. But the relationship between the two communities–town and gown–can be quite distant, even hostile. What …

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