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The American college campus can return to sanity. It won’t be easy, but Ann Arbor is showing how this can happen.
Sit down for this exclusive interview with George Washington University President Emeritus Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. From working with individual trustees and large communities to grade inflation and classroom utilization, Steve shares advice for enterprising reformers and budding education leaders. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in working in higher education.
The American college campus can return to sanity. It won’t be easy, but Ann Arbor is showing how this can happen.
Higher education has taken a beating lately. The industry has been roiled by seemingly endless crises on topics ranging from affordibility and student debt to free speech and antisemitism. It is hardly surprising that public confidence in higher education has plummeted, as over two-thirds of Americans now believe it is headed in the wrong direction.
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