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Stephen J. Handel is the Director of Strategy for Postsecondary Education Transformation at ECMC Foundation and is an experienced higher education admissions and enrollment leader. He writes regularly on higher education issues.

Review of: Higher Expectations: Can Colleges Teach Students What They Need to Know in the 21st Century?

Review of: Alternative Universities: Speculative Design for Innovation in Higher Education

Review of: The College Dropout Scandal

Review of: Big Data on Campus: Data Analytics and Decision Making in Higher Education

The College Presidency: An Interview with Brian Rosenberg

Review of: The Low Density University: 15 Scenarios for Higher Education

The Agile University: How Institutions Successfully Navigate Demographic Changes

An Interview with Nathan Grawe

Review of: What’s Public about Public Education: Halting Public Education’s Decline in the Court of Public Opinion

Review of: The Great Upheaval: Higher Education’s Past, Present, and Uncertain Future

Review of: The Real World of College

Review of: The College Stress Test: Tracking Institutional Futures Across a Crowded Market

Review of: Academic Next: The Futures of Higher Education

Review of: “Whatever It Is, I’m Against It:” Resistance to Change in Higher Education

Review of: Inside College Mergers: Stories from the Front Lines

Review of: Social Mobility

College and University’s Century Celebration

Building Higher Education Bridges: What the Paris Olympics Can Teach Us About the Importance of Our Colleges and Universities