The Weekly Dispatch

By Sara Hebel & Scott Smallwood | Open Campus

A weekly newsletter about the role of higher education in society, exposing failures and examining solutions. Plus, updates as we build Open Campus.

Previous issues

Propped Up by Privilege

#41 May 29, 2020

Will Campus Be Closed or Open? Yes.

#40 May 22, 2020

Don't Overlook the Mayor

#39 May 15, 2020

#38

May 8, 2020

The Point of an Endowment
#37

May 1, 2020

Town and Gown, Tied Together
#36

Apr 24, 2020

Rome Is Burning. Let's Bash Harvard?
#35

Apr 17, 2020

What Will $6 Billion Accomplish?
#34

Apr 10, 2020

What the Pandemic Makes Us Question
#33

Apr 3, 2020

What's Clearer Now – Weeks into our global health crisis, here's how our perspective has changed. Plus, where relief money
#32

Mar 27, 2020

On the Other Side
#31

Mar 20, 2020

College, Interrupted
#30

Mar 13, 2020

When a Crisis Exposes Our Digital Divides
#29

Mar 6, 2020

Student Aid Is Confusing. Colleges Often Make It Worse.
#28

Feb 28, 2020

Who Deserves Free College? – This week: free college, Sara visits Miami, and the missing middle at the Ivy League.Plus, don't forg
#27

Feb 21, 2020

What Driving 14,000 Miles Taught Walter Wendler – In this issue:One college president's crash course in "Panhandle pragmatism" A new Open Campus newsle
#26

Feb 14, 2020

Should Public Colleges Play the Merit-Aid Game? – In this week's issue:Should public universities be playing the merit-aid game at all? How is America
#25

Feb 7, 2020

A Massive Gift Highlights Pell's Declining Purchasing Power – New partnership with the Dell Foundation will help UT Austin’s low-income students — while also showi
#24

Jan 31, 2020

In One City, a Microcosm of Our Higher Ed Issues – To learn what obstacles loom largest, and how individual lives are affected, zoom in to a city. We'll
#23

Jan 24, 2020

What Colleges Don't Get About the Public – This week's email reminds us of a song: I'm just a soul whose intentions are good | Oh Lord, please d
#22

Jan 17, 2020

Do Liberal Arts Colleges Pay Off? Is That Even the Right Question? – A new study contains good news about the value of a liberal-arts education. But is that best measured

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