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Is Hoppers a NIMBY Movie? & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the weeks of March 10 to March 23.
Mar 23
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Ryan M Allen
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What China Has Planned For Higher Ed By 2030
Commentary on the higher education plans within the Chinese 15th Five-Year Plan.
Mar 16
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Ryan M Allen
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Higher Ed Age of Conquest, Deleted Bluesky, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of March 2 - March 9.
Mar 10
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Stop Blaming Boomers, Restaurant Sameness, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Feb. 23 - March 1.
Mar 2
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Ryan M Allen
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February 2026
The Dashboard That Cried Wolf
Trump's new higher ed foreign gift dashboard is an overpromised, contextless mess.
Feb 24
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Ryan M Allen
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Senior Driver Debate, Winter Olympic Students, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Feb. 3 - Feb. 16.
Feb 16
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Ryan M Allen
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Waymo Hits a Kid Walking to School: Crash Analysis
I visit the site where a self-driving car made international headlines for not being a tragedy.
Feb 11
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Ryan M Allen
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Where Super Bowl LX Coaches Went to College, New Urbanists Tools, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of January 27 - February 2.
Feb 2
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Ryan M Allen
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January 2026
Higher Ed Media Tastes, Vancouver's Dull Skyline & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Jan. 11 - 26.
Jan 26
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The Education and Urbanism of Breaking Away
From limestone quarries to the National Championship: How this 1979 film captures the evolution of Indiana University, Bloomington, and the classic…
Jan 19
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Ryan M Allen
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Is Academia Only a Job? End of Class Reunions, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Jan. 6 - Jan. 12.
Jan 12
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Ryan M Allen
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Study Abroad in Venezuela!, Worst College Towns, & More
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 5.
Jan 5
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Ryan M Allen
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