Choosing the right college is a crucial decision that shapes your academic journey and future career. More often than not, the thought of...

Tags: Faculty, Administrators In Part 1 of this series, we explored what it means to work at a Primarily Undergraduate Institution (PUI),...

Students, Faculty, Administrators Student athletics are a longstanding and valued part of undergraduate education. For many students, participation in sports provides structure, discipline, teamwork, and a sense of belonging that enriches the overall college experience. Athletic programs also contribute to campus identity and, in many institutions, play a role in student recruitment and retention. Research frequently cited in discussions of athletics and academics suggests th

Faculty, Student, Administrators At undergraduate institutions, research is primarily a teaching tool, not a driver of major discovery, which is by design. However, in the process of learning, students still generate ideas, methods, and solutions that may carry some degree of novelty, even if modest. What is missing is any framework to recognize or think about that and a structured way of recognizing and acting on that value. Most of the time, ideas move directly from lab not

Faculty, Students The Teaching–Scholarship Paradox at Undergraduate Institutions is often described as a workload problem. That framing is convenient, but it is not accurate. The issue is not that faculty are asked to do too much. The issue is that the system evaluates what they do using a framework that was never designed for the environment in which they operate. At its core, the PUI model is built on a dual commitment: teaching and scholarship are not separate activities,

Tags: Students, Faculty, Administrators Student athletics are a longstanding and valued part of undergraduate education. For many students, participation in sports provides structure, discipline, teamwork, and a sense of belonging that enriches the overall college experience. Athletic programs also contribute to campus identity and, in many institutions, play a role in student recruitment and retention. Research frequently cited in discussions of athletics and academics sugge

Tags: Faculty, Administrators, Policy Makers In recent years, several universities have reported that administrative salaries now account for a larger share of their budgets than faculty salaries. This reversal of priorities is not an accounting oddity. It is a reflection of how deeply higher education has shifted from an academic to a managerial culture. The university, once organized around teaching and scholarship, now exists primarily to sustain its own administrative m