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Higher education insights and conversations

Bracing for Back-to-School

Students everywhere are heading back to campus and gearing up for the start of a new semester. Cue scenes of […]

Many things have changed profoundly in our country since the 2016 election—including news coverage. The sheer amount of news created […]

I spent the past weekend pondering the recent changes made in the White House communications team and the reaction to […]

For those of us in higher ed media relations, there’s a lot of news to keep up with on a […]

I’m a big fan of College Signing Day. Not the official sports-related one, but the national one that celebrates students […]

A few weeks ago, Erin shared this New Yorker column about the demise of the personal essay with our staff. […]

Dear PR Colleagues– It is best when public relations professionals blend into the background (which is different than hiding in […]

While she has her critics, Sheryl Sandberg nailed this interview on NPR’s All Things Considered yesterday. The Facebook executive, mother […]