in the United States is undergoing a period of re-evaluation and transition. There are a myriad of factors that educators and school administrations are considering -- among them are quality of education, the student experience, integration of technology, and tuition costs. Positive changes are underway with improved learning initiatives being funded at many schools. According to Robert O'Hara (below), "This wave of [residential colleges] is one of the most substantive structural reform movements in higher education today, and it promises to repair a half-century of destructive bureaucratic centralization."

The following articles will provide insight into the current state of higher education as they relate to the Residential Learning Community concept.

Spellings Commission: An article from Inside Higher Ed about flawed metaphors in higher education.

Hogwarts U.: An article by Robert O'Hara, author of The College Way: Residential Colleges and the Renewal of University Life

Flabby, Inefficient, Outdated: A Wall Street Journal editorial by NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg