Sitemap - 2026 - Kropp on Campus Higher Education Newsletter

Higher Education Is Still Designed for a Student Who No Longer Represents the Majority

You Don’t Have to Design Your Course Alone: Working Well with Instructional Designers

Is Higher Education Becoming Too Transactional?

The Lecture Was a Brilliant Solution. The Problem Is That the Problem Changed.

Why Don't We Teach Faculty How to Lead?

Can/Should AI Replace Professors?

Grade Inflation and the Growing Debate Over What Grades Mean

Part 3: What Students Thought About AI-Assisted Grading and Where This Experiment Goes Next

Does Faculty Status Alone Prepare Someone to Lead?

A Year of Kropp on Campus: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t, and What’s Next

Grade Grubbing at Semester’s End: What It Reveals and How Faculty Can Respond

AI-Assisted Grading, Part 2: What Happened When I Tried It

The skills gap hiding in plain sight: it's time to get intentional about “soft” skills

The case for modular course design in a distracted world

The end of traditional homework as we know it

Five Ways Online Higher Education Is Still Misunderstood

How Should We Advise Students About Graduate School in a Shifting Entry-Level Job Market?

Faculty Mentorship in Higher Education: A Responsibility We Too Often Overlook

Restoring Trust in Higher Education - Part II: What Rebuilding Credibility Requires

Restoring Trust in Higher Education - Part I: Understanding the Decline

Experimenting With AI to Improve Grading Feedback in My Online Courses

Teaching in an Age of Emotional Overflow

AI Use Without Institutional Guidelines: It’s Up to Us to Protect Data and Privacy

Your AI Policy Isn’t a Paragraph. It’s a Teaching Strategy

Discussion Boards Aren’t Broken. We’re Just Under-Using Them

Rigor Without Confusion: Designing Courses Students Can Navigate

Re-Engaging Students After Burnout

Start Strong: Practical Ways to Prepare for a New Semester