Voice: Elaine Maimon

Pennsylvania, Resolve the Budget Impasse
A long-time university president recalls the dire consequences to public higher education of an Illinois budget stalemate — and urges legislators to ensure that doesn't happen here
By Elaine Maimon
Does the Supreme Court See Higher Education as a Public Good?
A longtime university president, who has seen innumerable low-income students struggling to pay for their college education, deplores the legal reasoning behind the Court’s blocking of debt relief
By Elaine Maimon
The Supreme Court Struck Down Affirmative Action. Now What?
A long-time university president urges Philadelphia-area colleges and universities to maintain commitment to diversity within the constraints of the new ruling
By Elaine Maimon
What’s Behind The Girls’ High Graduation Fuss?
A long-time university president, who has presided over countless commencements, reflects on upholding and changing traditions
By Elaine Maimon
Ban the Ban, Not the Book
Attention, Governor Shapiro and Pennsylvania state legislators: Illinois has banned book bans. NJ is thinking about it and PA should too.
By Elaine Maimon
The New Normal is Scary
The widespread resistance to evidence — facts! — and the undermining of educated responses alarms a long-time university president
By Elaine Maimon
Can Local Colleges Please Just Work Together?
A long-time university president calls on Philly’s higher education institutions to collaborate to better serve the needs of Philadelphia students.
By Elaine Maimon
Temple, The People’s University?
In light of Pres. Jason Wingard’s abrupt resignation, a former college president calls for a reboot that turns Temple into a model of 21st century reform
By Elaine Maimon
Why Academic Freedom Matters
Gov. Ron DeSantis is not alone in attacking free expression on campus, where censorship is coming from the right and left. Here, a former university president on the dangers of such Orwellian assaults on democracy itself
By Elaine Maimon
Verify the News
A long-time university president believes the general public could use a crash course in fact-checking — and that news itself can be the teacher
By Elaine Maimon