Voice: Elaine Maimon
Everyone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza
During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus
By Elaine Maimon
Philly Universities Must Invest In Young Students
A longtime university president on why all local institutions should emulate Temple's Saturday College
By Elaine Maimon
Hope Springs Forward on Education
Signs of progress abound in public education, a longtime university president muses — but there is still work to be done
By Elaine Maimon
We Can Make College Affordable
A new Federal Student Aid application (FAFSA) process has delayed and frustrated students and families. But, a longtime university president advises, it could mean more help for more Americans to get their degrees
By Elaine Maimon
Ideas We Should Steal: Educate Adults For Teaching as a Second Career
Philadelphia’s teacher shortage keeps getting worse. A long-time university president finds solutions from her own past, and from the UK, where a program has trained 850 professionals for new jobs as teachers
By Elaine Maimon
Temple Makes a Promise to Philadelphia Students
A long-time university president applauds the city-based public research university’s new plan for free tuition and fees — the Temple Promise — for Philly families who earn below an income threshold
By Elaine Maimon
Sanity and Hope for Higher Ed
Governor Shapiro’s vision for the state college system offers a path for more residents to get the education they need. A long-time university president lays out why it matters
By Elaine Maimon
New Year’s Resolutions For Higher Ed
Could 2024 be the year our colleges and universities do more for Philadelphia students and for democracy? A long-time university president thinks it has to be
By Elaine Maimon
Donors Must Defend University Integrity
Autonomy from wealthy and powerful funders, a longtime college president warns, is fundamental to the work of universities — including Penn, whose president, Liz Magill, resigned this week.
By Elaine Maimon
Where is the Moral Clarity?
Neither Penn’s president nor her Congressional interrogators demonstrated the fundamental principle in House hearings about antisemitism on campus, a longtime university president laments
By Elaine Maimon