30 of the Best Sources of Knowledge on the Future of Higher Education

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Most Well Known & Respected Higher Ed Resources – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. Chronicle of Higher Education, 179 staff (72 writers/editors), 1966, subscription cost
  2. Inside Higher Ed, 52 staff, 2004, Bought by THE (UK) in 2022
  3. Lumina Daily Headlines, 62 staff, 2000, started w $770M endowment

Other Top Higher Ed (US) Resources – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. Best Colleges News, 323 listed (most part-time), 2013, Rank online universities
  2. Higher Ed Today, 171 listed (most part-time), published by ACE
  3. Hechinger Report on Higher Education, 28 staff, 1996, write on education in general too
  4. Ed Tech Higher Education, 25 listed (11 editors/writers), 1984, owned by CDW (IT solutions for business)
  5. Ed Surge, 12 staff, 2011, owned by International Society for Technology in Education
  6. E Campus News, 11 staff, 5 contributors listed, 1999, part of larger E School News
  7. Univ. Innovation Alliance Blog, Newsletter & Podcasts, 9 staff plus 34 inst. liaisons, 2014, Arizona State U. played a major role in starting
  8. Higher Ed Dive, 4 editors/writers, Part of a larger group of publications under Industry Dive
  9. Volt, 4 (3 others contracted), focused on marketing in higher ed
  10. University Business, 2 (1 editor, 1 writer), also offer many webinars, podcast

Best Non-US Sources – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. University World News, 22 staff, 82 writers, 2007, writers on each continent
  2. Times Higher Education News, 328, 1971, rank US colleges & universities too 
  3. Wonkhe, 8 staff, >1,800 contributors, 2011, focused on United Kingdom

Best Equity & Diversity Resources – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. Ed Trust’s Equity Lens, 76 listed, 1996, focuses on K – HEd.
  2. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, 7 staff, 1984, started as Black Issues in HEd.

Best Individual Experts (IMHO) – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. Kelchen on Education, Robert Kelchen, 2012, professor at U. of Tennessee
  2. Future Trends in Tech. & Educ. (part of Future of Ed), Brian Alexander, 2011, futurist, author, speaker
  3. Higher Ed Data Stories, Jon Boeckenstedt, 2013, vice provost, Oregon St. U.
  4. The Job, Paul Fain, 2021, part of Open Campus
  5. Future U Podcast, Jeff Selingo & Michael Horn, 2018, Jeff has 600K followers on LI
  6. Ed Up Experience Podcast, Joe Sallustio & Elvin Freytes, 2020, 2 higher ed entrepreneurs
  7. What’s Up HSIs? Podcast, Gina Ann Garcia, 2022, professor at U. of California Berkeley

Best News on Institutional Groups  – includes best estimate of # of employees, year founded (if known), other notes

  1. Community College Daily, 30 staff, 1920 (AACC), run under American Assoc. of Community Colleges
  2. Council for Christian Colleges & Univ. News, 20 staff, 1976, run under the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
  3. HBCU News, owned by HBCU News Corp
  4. HACU E-news, 57 staff, 1986 (HACU), run under the Hispanic Assoc. of Colleges & Universities, also publish Voice of Hispanic Higher Ed
  5. Tribal College Journal, 32 staff, 1989, run under the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC)

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