What Surprised a Veteran Reporter (Me!) in Writing About the Crisis in Higher Ed

This week The Chronicle published an article by me on what surprised me as I wrote the book, even though I have been covering higher education for 26 years: “A Chronicle Reporter Wrote a Book About the Higher-Ed Crisis. These 5 Things Surprised Her the Most.”

If you scroll down to the end of the article, you can see the comments.

Lots of folks responded via Twitter as well. Here is a flavor of what they said:

Paraphrs @goldiestandard: Before higher ed goes all-in on 'alt-ed'/'DIY-U' models, leaders must weigh pros and cons http://t.co/AILs781sTa

— Sean Gallagher, Ed.D (@HiEdStrat) September 18, 2014

What surprises a veteran #HigherEd reporter? The always colorful @GoldieStandard http://t.co/BR2nt96bnK

— Greg Britton (@gmbritton) September 18, 2014

The first reasoned & coherent article on the #HigherEdCrisis. Thanks @GoldieStandard, I can't wait to read the book! http://t.co/kaB8bn83vX

— Steve Taylor (@bschool_steve) September 19, 2014

— Robert Kelchen (@rkelchen) September 18, 2014

I guess the data issue (which was my No. 3) really resonated:

Really looking fwd to reading @GoldieStandard‘s new book http://t.co/sblOpcXY0b. Point number 3 is spot on!! @PARFramework

— Ellen Wagner (@edwsonoma) September 18, 2014

There were other comments reacting to my comments on the economic stratification in higher ed. Stay tuned for more posts here on this blog as the book rolls out and I can share readers’ reactions.