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The Future of Higher Education – May 2025
University Majors (at Universities) with the Greatest Negative Return on Investment
Elder Academies – A New Population and Shift for Higher Education
Top 50 Higher Education Consulting Companies
Colleges Most Likely to Close – Based on 2024 Forbes’ Financial Health Failing Grades
50 Most Often Outsourced Services at Universities:
~80 Ways Colleges Can Save Money without Sacrificing Quality
10 Main Outcome Measures of Universities
120 Additional Sources of Revenue for Universities
30 of the Best Sources of Knowledge on the Future of Higher Education
10 Themes for Why People Go To College
What is a Flagship Institution?
The Future of Higher Education Summer “Class”
Why Freaking Out About AI Destroying Society is Not Wise
Reflections on a Friend’s Untold Stories from their time at Baylor University
Predicting Closure of Religious Universities in TX & OK
Selecting a College can be as Easy as Deciding Where to go to Dinner
Have You Met My Institutional Friends? How Colleges Signal Value in Peer Identification
Surrounded by Data – Starved for Meaning: Campus Crime Data in 2022
The Unintended Consequences of Campus Crime Reporting
Why Colleges Close
Do Universities Really Care and Share What Happens to Students After College?
Why Don’t Universities Follow Federal Law To Document Post-Grad. Success?
A Cursory Look at and Analysis of 25 Universities’ Placement/Success Data
An Attempt at Reporting on 25 Universities’ Post Graduation Success Data
How to Makes Sense of Executive Search Firms in Higher Education
Top Higher Education Executive Search Firms
What’s Your Return on Investment to Your University?
The University Family Argument
The Greatest Shift in Learning Ever?
Before You Make Your Final College Choice, Consider This
Worried that Your Desired College Might Close? Don’t Be.
A Straight Talk Survival Guide for Colleges, Peter Facione
Should We Believe Scott Galloway’s Predictions of Soon-to-Perish Colleges?
There is One Secret Not Being Explored In Order to Secure the Fall 2020 Class
Why Social Distancing for College Students is Not Going to be Easy
Student Success
Doyle Student Sense of Belonging Inventory
Using Summer Engagement with Students as Powerful Predictor of Future Success
Do College Rankings Prioritize Student Success?
9 Needs for Student Persistence
A Hierarchy of Needs for Student Success
4E Student Development Model
My Big Idea for Student Success
The “Billion Dollar Result” from Seeing Student Success in a New Way
100 Variables Often Not Used to Predict Student Persistence
9 Steps for Leveraging Major and Career Exploration in a Student First Year Lifecycle
Missing Data that Will Improve Student Success Predictions
What is Missing From Student Success Analytics? – PPT slides
Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 1
Helping Students to Succeed in College by Learning to Ride a Bike – Part 2
60,000 College Graduates Reveal What Makes a Great College Experience
An Institutional Maturity Model for Student Success
170 Key Performance Indicators in Student Affairs
The Research is Clear – Cut Down on Lecturing in Classes (and/or Giving Long Sermons in Churches)
10 Most Proven Methods for Real Learning: Myelin Applied
Holistic Advising: Is Student Support Too Decentralized to Best Help Students Succeed?
Top Performers on Social Mobility (US News)
Ranking College Student Retention Software based on Predictive Analytics Ability
Matrix of Student Success – A 2×2 w/ Social & Academic Engagement
Improve Retention by Linking Scholarships to High Impact Practices
The Penguin Promise – How to Ensure Students Get a Good Job After College
One Method for Discovering Why Students Really Leave Your University
Letter to Families Of College Students
“Find Your Way” College Student Coaching
Why a Focus on Organizational Performance Can Be More Important than Relationships with Students
Why Not Going to College Immediately After High School Might Be a Decision to Consider
When Students and Faculty are Online, How DO Student Affairs/Academic Staff Have an Impact?
Fascinating Facts about Colleges
Colleges that Closed (and Merged) in 2025
30 Colleges that Said Goodbye (Closed) in 2024
Colleges We Lost in 2023…
The 19 Colleges and Universities Named Southwestern
Flagship and Land Grant College Comparisons
50 Fascinating Facts About the Number of Colleges in the U.S.
College Towns, Enrollments, & Football Stadiums
Harris, Trump, Vance, & Walz Education Quiz – Can you Identify the 15 Places They Went to “School”?
Southwestern University – 10 Facts about the Most Interesting College of the Day
The Only 10 AI Undergraduate Degrees in AI (as of 8/10/24)
The Ultimate Quiz on the Best Public Colleges in Each State
Composite Ranking of University Film School Rankings in US
The Best University Film Programs – What do the Rankings Say?
10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – Florida State
10 Facts About The Most Interesting College of the Day – U. of Delaware
The Most Interesting Colleges of the Day! – Aalborg and Aaltort Universities – July 16th
The Most Interesting College of the Day – National Defense University – July 4
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Lincoln University – June 30
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – University of Limerick – June 21
The Most Interesting College of the Day – Make School – June 15
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – The Coast Guard Academy – June 8
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Colorado School of Mines – June 3
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Deep Springs College – May 27
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ouachita Baptist University – May 25,
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Ottawa University Surprise (OUAZ) – May 24
The Most Interesting College of the Day! The most northern college in the U.S. – May 21
The Most Interesting College of the Day! – Marion Military Institute – May 20
Higher Ed History
The “Forced” Flexibility of Higher Education’s Target Populations
HEd History – Residential Colleges in the U.S. Are Less than 100 years Old!
HEd History – Football Violence has been an Issue for >100 Years
HEd History – Paying College Athletes to Play at the Root of College Football
HEd History – College in the 1700s – Harvard & Yale
HEd History – Universities Named after Slaveowners
HEd History – Colleges that Moved Their Entire Campus
HEd History – World War I
HEd History – Scotland, Not England = Real Model for U.S. Higher Ed
HEd History – Old Main – Who Knew There Were So Many?
HEd History – First Ever Ranking of Universities?
HEd History – “Identify & Ratify” the Elite through “In Loco Parentis”
HEd History – Colonial Colleges’ Efforts to “Educate” Native Americans
HEd History – Academic & Industrial Efficiency
HEd History – Using a Credit Hour as a Gauge to Efficiency
HEd History – Ranking Students by their Socio-Econonic Status
HEd History – Why There Are So Many Memorial Stadiums
HEd History – The Harvard of the South – Transylvania University
HEd History – Universities Borrowed Real Babies to Learn Childrearing
HEd History – Taking Leadership of Student Social Institutions
HEd History – What We Didn’t Know about the Creation of Land-Grant Colleges
HEd History – Early Women’s Colleges
HEd History – College Presidents Have Always been Fundraisers
HEd History – Graduating College not nearly as Important in Colonial Days
HEd History – Medical Schools Were Not What We Thought
Hed History – Baylor University for One Woman From 1858-1860
HEd History – Rationale for Eating Clubs
Changes in Majors at Yale over 120 Years
HEd History – A Jewish Student in the 1950s
HEd History – New Colleges (e.g. Princeton) Formed In Response to Liberal Colleges
HEd History – Black Colleges and College Life in early 20th Century
HEd History – Oberlin 1st to Coeducate & 1st Black Woman Graduate!
HEd History – ACC Targets UVA for Expansion But UVA Leaders Resist
HEd History – Fun Facts About 12 of U. of Virginia’s Current Buildings
HEd History – The Early Days of the University of Virginia
HEd History – Yale’s Namesake Considered Overrated Philanthropist
HEd History – SMU 1958 Yearbook
College Mascot Factbrary
College Mascots that Make a Merry Christmas
College Mascots from the Plant Kingdom
College Mascots that Are Politicians
College Mascots that Live Underwater
College Mascots that are Blue and Orange
College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FBS
College Mascots that are Aggies
College Mascots that are Blue Devils
College Mascots – The Only Live Wild Animal Mascots Living on Campus
College Mascots – Planes, Trains, & Automobiles (& Boats)
The Only College Mascot Named a Number
College Mascots without an “S” at the End – O’ Canada Edition
College Mascots without an “S” at the End – FCS and DII.
The Only 13 universities with “and” (or &) in Their Name (Division 1)
College Mascots Named “Purple…”, “Crimson…”, and Maroons
College Mascots that are Mythical Creatures
College Mascots that are Pure Evil
College Mascots From Scotland
College Mascots that Are Storms
College Mascots that are Woodcutters
College Mascots You Could Eat for Thankgiving
College Mascot Battles – Who Wins the 2024 College Football Playoffs (FBS)
The Power of a Story
Best Stories from On the Road w/ Steve Hartman (~40)
Stories that Touch My Heart (~35)
Kindness to Others Stories (~30)
Sports Stories of Inspiration (~30)
Health Challenge Stories (~25)
Other Stories of Facing Challenges (~15)
Stories of My Favorite Singing Tryouts
Clips that Guide My Life
The Secret to Finding Joy – Our Thoughts
How to Best Understand Relationships
How to Life Life Better
Importance of gratitude
A Few Favorite Speakers
Best of Simon Sinek
Best of Jordan Peterson
Professional Stuff
Brief Overview of Jeff’s Higher Ed Network & Experience
My Bio
My Journey
Jeff’s Life Mission & Core Values
Personal Reminders of Perseverance
My Top Strengths
Jeff’s Presentations
Jeff’s Publications
Courses Taught
Shoulders I Stand On
Jeff’s Typical Work Style
Results of Jeff’s “Personality Tests”
How Do “Personality” Tests Help Us Succeed? (Summer 2024)
Life Ponderings
How to Find Your Purpose in Life
One Way to Make Good Ethical Decisions
Good vs. Good – The Hardest Ethical Decisions
The Creation of My Leadership Philosophy
Achieving Goals Template
28 Leadership Values of Jeff (est. 1999)
The End of the American Empire Will Be ~2026
Amara’s Law
Perez’s 5 Technological Revolutions
Cognitive Biases – 25 of the Hardest to Learn
Reasons People Have for Living
Favorite Quotes from the Movie, Stutz
45 things I know (by Sasha Cohen)
Classroom Kindness Guidelines
1964 – Learning From History
Feedback on Jeff
Highlights of Feedback
Feedback from Supervisors and Superiors
Feedback from Colleagues and Peers
Feedback from Unexpected Places
Feedback from Direct Reports at Baylor and Shenandoah
Feedback from Direct Reports at Appalachian State
Feeback from Baylor Indirect Reports
Feedback from Graduate Student Staff
Feedback from Student Leaders
Feedback from Fall 2021 Class
Student Feedback from Spring 2021 Course
Feedback from Classes
My Favorites’ Lists
Favorite Podcasts
Why You Need to Listen to Podcasts
Favorites Movies – Top 50 Dramas
Favorite Movies – Top 25 Animated and Top 15 Documentaries
Favorite Movies – Top 40 Comedies and 10 Action Series
Favorite Streaming Shows (not Movies)
Favorite Singers/Groups Growing Up
Favorite Sports Teams
Clips About My Favorite Athletes
Jeff’s Picks for the Greatest Orioles Ever
Let’s Laugh
Deep Thoughts (like Jack Handey wrote)
My Favorite Dad Jokes
200 Would You Rathers
Favorite Nate Bargatze Clips
Favorite Jim Gaffigan Clips
Favorite Comedians’ Clips
Favorite Key & Peele Sketches
My Early Thinking
Two Stories of Growing Up on Maryland’s Eastern Shore
College Exploration
My Analysis of Colleges to Attend as high school senior
Essay to Get Into U. of Virginia
My Father’s Notes on College Tours
Personal Essay for Admission to M.Ed. for Student Affairs in Higher Ed (1992)
People Who Were at U. of Virginia When I was A Student
My Writing as a Youth
Little Jeff Notes
10 Year Old Diary
10-Year Old Writing to Support President’s Re-election
12 Years Old – Letters Home from Camp
High School – My Opinion on Smoking in the Teacher’s Lounge
High School – Impact of Boy Scouts on Me
High School – Weekend with Young Dems
High School – Ropes Course – 1987
Masters Degree Application (Fall 1992)
What I Learned from Leading a Student Trip to Ghana
Old Pictures of Jeff
Growing Up in Salisbury
Jeff’s “School” Picture from 1-18 years Old
Pictures of Little Jeff
Jeff’s Sports’ Team Pictures
Boy Scouts
My First 5 Cars in Life!
College Pictures
Camping Trips
Beach Week!
College Dances
Good Friends
Good Time with the Fellas
Coed Hangouts
My Bachelor Party
College Roommates
Just Me in College
Post College, Pre Kids (1995-2001)
Jeff Post-College, Pre Marriage (24-28 years old = Still pretty Goofy)
Pictures of Jeff When Dating & in First 2 Years of Marriage (1998-2000)
Jeff as a Dad
Daddy of Baby Boys
Daddy of Little Boys
Letter to My Sons on Their 20th Birthday
Maryland Family
Family of Origin (all 4 of us)
Family of Origin (3 of Us)
Little Jeff and Laura
Laura and Jeff Growing Up
The Extended Doyle Gatherings
My Father and His 6 Siblings
My Mother’s Family Gatherings (Cissels)
My Memories of My Father
Dad and Me
Just Dad (Jim Doyle)
My Parents’ Marriage
Letters to Our Parents for their 50th Wedding Anniversary From Jeff & Laura
Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary From Extended Family
Letters to My Parents for their 50th Anniversary from Their Friends
My Grandparents
My Doyle Grandparents
My Grandfather’s Retirement Program
My Grandmother’s Life as a Child
My Mother’s Memories of Her Mother, Polly Thornton Cissel
My Mother’s Memories of Her Parents’ Journey to Marriage
Maude Ashley Doyle, 1922-2001
Chester Marvin Cissel, 1911-1997
Phillip Jesse Doyle, 1920-2009
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