I am often asked for a copy of these remarks I made as part of a presidential panel at the Association for the Study of Higher Education (ASHE).  Here is an edited version of that talk.

As scholars, sometimes we forget that after all, the ultimate reason for this kind of work is to inform institutional change.

A front-page article on Sunday (November 15, 2014) about college admissions (Applications by the Dozen, as Anxious Seniors Hedge College Bets) claims that a lot of high school seniors these days are applying to “more colleges than anyone would have previously thought possible.”  The sidebar proclaims that there is “a perfect storm of ambition, neuroses and fear among high school students.” Yikes!