On the academy’s decline since 2011.

References and suggested readings:

• Bryan Alexander. 2026. Peak Higher Ed: How to Survive the Looming Academic Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 
• 2023. Universities on Fire: Higher Education in the Climate Crisis. Johns Hopkins University Press. 
• 2022. Academia Next: The Futures of Higher Education. Johns Hopkins University Press. 
• Tressie McMillan Cottom. 2017. Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy. The New Press.
• Randi Weingarten. May 6, 2025. Stop Trying to Make Everyone Go to College. New York Times.
• Luke Kemp. 2025. Goliath's Curse: The History and Future of Societal Collapse. Knopf.
• Sarah McLaughlin. 2025. Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Future Trends Forum. 
• Bryan’s Substack.

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