Environmental Analysis Reading List

The environmental analysis subcommittees have recommended the articles below to the W&M community, so that all who wish to may engage these trends.

Highlighted articles

Teaching & Learning

“For the Edtech Innovation Today’s Learners Need, Look Not to Companies, But to Campuses” EdSurge News, by C. Morrison, Oct 2019.
“Study Abroad Matters: Linking Higher Education to the Contemporary Workplace Through International Education” Institute of International Education, by E. Loveland & C. Morris, 2018.
“Developing a Whole-of-University Approach to Educating for Sustainability: Linking Curriculum, Research and Sustainable Campus Operations” Journal of Education for Sustainable Development, by J. McMillin & R. Dyball, Jul 2009.
“Does Higher Education Still Prepare People for Jobs?” Harvard Business Review, by T. Chamorro-Premuzic, Oct 2019.
“The World’s Top Economists Just Made the Case for Why We Still Need English Majors” Washington Post, by H. Long, Oct 2019.
“Want to Fix Big Tech? Change What Classes Are Required For a Computer Science Degree” Fast Company, by K. Pham, May 2019
“Should Computer Science Be Required? (Opinion)” Inside Higher Ed, by R. Sedgewick, Oct 2019.
“One of America’s Most Vital Exports, Education, Never Goes Abroad, but It Still Faces Threats” New York Times Magazine, by B. Larmer, Jan 2019.
“Why We Need Inclusive Teaching in Every Classroom” Forbes, by M. Klawe, Apr 2019.
“The Case for Inclusive Teaching” Chronicle of Higher Education, by K. Gannon, Feb 2018.

Research & Innovation

“Four Ways Universities are Driving Innovation” World Economic Forum, by F. Jahanian, Jan 2019.
“The Rise of the Chief Innovation Officer in Higher Education” Entangled Solutions, by J.J. Selingo, Jan 2018.
“Why I’m Leaving a Research 1 University for a Liberal Arts College” American Mathematical Society, by E. Goins, Sep 2017.
“Bringing the Liberal Arts to Engineering Education” Chronicle of Higher Education, by L. Bordoloi, & J. Winebrake, Apr 2015.
“The Campus Innovation Myth” Chronicle of Higher Education, by M. Wisnioski, and L. Vinsel, Jun 2019.
“Originality Transforms: Supporting Innovation” Colorado College, 2017.

Flourishing & Engagement

“The Public's Support for (and Doubts About) Higher Ed” Inside Higher Ed, by D. Lederman, Jun 2019.
“Employee Rewards: What do Employees Value Most” 2019 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends, by E. Volini, J. Schwartz, I. Roy, M. Hauptmann, Y. Van Durme, B. Denny & J. Berin, Apr 2019.
“Students' Mental Health Shouldn't Be the Responsibility of Campus Counseling Centers Alone (Opinion)” Inside Higher Ed, by T. Mitchell & S. Ortega, Oct 2019.
“Survey: Employers Want 'Soft Skills' From Graduates” Inside Higher Ed, by J. Bauer-Wolf, Jan 2019.
“Designing for Motivation, Engagement and Wellbeing in Digital Experience” Frontiers in Psychology, by D. Peters, R.A. Calvo & R.M. Ryan, May 2018.
“Higher Education’s Key Role in Sustainable Development” University World News, by P. Blessinger, E. Sengupta & M. Makhanya, Sep 2018.
“Why We Need a ‘Scholarship of Belonging’” Chronicle of Higher Education, by J. Frenk, May 2016.

Additional readings

“2019 Horizon Report” EDUCAUSE, B. Alexander, K. Ashford-Rowe, N. Barajas-Murphy, G. Dobbin, J. Knott, M. McCormack, J. Pomerantz, R. Seilhamer & N. Weber, Apr 2019.
“A New College Program Inspired by Coding Bootcamps, Informed by Liberal Arts” EdSurge News, J.R. Young, Oct 2019.
“Are Liberal Arts Colleges Doomed? The Cautionary Tale of Hampshire College and the Broken Business Model of American Higher Education” Washington Post Magazine, by E. Gray, Oct 2019.
“The Business Case for More Diversity” Wall Street Journal, by D. Holger, Oct. 2019.
“The Changing Landscape of Higher Education” ECUCAUSE Review, by D. Staley & D. Trinkle, Feb 2019.
“Creativity Innovation Entrepreneurship Findings and Recommendations” University of Richmond, by A. Russell, B. Crawford, J. Drummond, H. Harwell, R. Raggio, A. Schoeneman & R. Skalbeck, 2018.
“Dan Cristol has an audacious goal for undergraduate research at W&M” W&M News, by J. McClain, Sep 2018.
“Designing for ‘Employee Experience’ will increase Engagement and Business Impact of IT Projects” Gartner, Oct 2018.
“Digital Engagement Update: Checking in on social media” Inside Higher Ed, E. Stoller, Jul 2019.
“Diversity Within Unity: Essential Principles for Teaching and Learning in a Multicultural Society” Phi Delta Kappan, by J.A. Banks, P. Cookson, G. Gay, W.D. Hawley, J.J. Irvine, S. Nieto, J.W. Schofield & W.G. Stephan, Nov 2001.
“The Enrollment Crash Goes Deeper than Demographics” Chronicle of Higher Education, by N.D. Graw, Nov 2019.
“Forget Tanning Beds. College Students Today Want Uber Parking.” New York Times, by L. Prevost, Jun 2019.
“The Future of Sustainability in Higher Education” The Journal of Sustainability Education, by N. Hensley, Mar 2017.
“How to Give Your Students Better Feedback With Technology” Chronicle of Higher Education, by H. Fiock & H. Garcia, Nov 2019.
“How to Keep Your College Financially Healthy Today: Success vs. Failure” Forbes, by L. Lapovsky, Jul 2017.
“In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure” New York Times, by D. Deming, Sep 2019.
“The Lure of the Lazy River” Chronicle of Higher Education, by J. Stripling, Oct 2017.
“More Colleges use Chatbots to Communicate Online” Voice of America, by P. Musto, Oct 2019.
“The New ‘In Loco Parentis’” Chronicle of Higher Education, by V. Patel, Feb 2019.
“Overburdened Mental-Health Counselors Look After Students. But Who Looks After the Counselors?” Chronicle of Higher Education, by A.C. Kafka, Sep 2019.
“Summer in the Sandbox” MIT News, by M. Murphy, Aug 2016.
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“Who Are the Successful Innovators in Higher Education” - Simon Associates, Apr 2019.
“Women of Color: Invisible, Excluded and Constantly ‘On Guard’” Wall Street Journal, by A. Burton, Oct 2019.