Bryan Alexander

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Higher education futurist. Author of _Universities on Fire_ and _Academia Next_.
Blog and links to everything: https://bryanalexander.org/
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How might we teach online with joy?

I'm delighted to host Flower Darby on the Future Trends Forum tomorrow to explore her new work:

https://georgetown.zoom.us/meeting/register/Ponwx1X7T864DmC3EWcCbw

Spring blossoms.
Good morning and I need this:
An academic friend in West Asia describes university life in the Iran war:
Walking.
In Denver, Colorado.
I can't make today's #NoKings because I'm working at a conference, but am certainly there in spirit.
Here's what I saw from the last march in DC:
Flying across America can be awe inspiring.
But we need better trains.

"Across all groups, after adjusting for inflation, higher ed employees are still earning less than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic..."

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty/career-development/2026/03/27/admin-raises-outpace-inflation-while-faculty-salaries#

Admin Raises Outpace Inflation While Faculty Salaries Lag

New data from CUPA-HR shows that all higher ed employees earn less than they did prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
"We ended up deciding to drive to our final destination, in rural Ontario, and as we sped off in our rental car—tired, hungry, hundreds of dollars poorer, staring down the barrel of a 500-mile drive with a screaming toddler—I felt something approaching euphoria, because at least I was finally leaving the Newark airport."