EPISODE · Jan 4, 2026 · 36 MIN
The peak and decline of US higher ed with Bryan Alexander
from American Campus Podcast · host Lauren Lassabe Shepherd
On the academy’s decline since 2011.References and suggested readings:Bryan Alexander. 2026. Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2023. Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. Tressie McMillan Cottom. 2017. Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. The New Press.Randi Weingarten. May 6, 2025. Stop Trying to Make Everyone Go to College. New York Times.Luke Kemp. 2025. Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse. Knopf.Sarah McLaughlin. 2025. Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech. Johns Hopkins University Press.Future Trends Forum. Bryan’s Substack.Text the show here!Support the showBrowse the American Campus bookshelf
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On the academy’s decline since 2011. References and suggested readings: Bryan Alexander. 2026. Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2023. Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 2022. Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. Tressie McMillan Cottom. 2017. Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. The Ne...
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