Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Aug. 24 - Aug. 30.| College Towns
The cartoon show about a family in a small Texas town has a lot to say about the urbanism of our society, especially after a 15 year hiatus. Part I.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Aug. 17 - Aug. 24.| College Towns
While there is no exact definition of a college town, I provide some contexts to the word.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Aug. 10 - Aug. 16.| www.collegetowns.org
The Adventures of Tintin officially entered the public domain in 2025. We now all own the alluring aesthetics of this timeless classic.| www.collegetowns.org
In the US, we often hear that streets must be built wide to ensure access by buses, fire trucks, or other service vehicles. But it doesn't have to be this way.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of Aug. 2 - Aug. 9.| College Towns
The global business financialization of student housing illustrates complications between Strong Towns, YIMBYism, and NIMBYism in college towns.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 26 - Aug. 1| College Towns
There was a lot of hype around LA's new Transit Center from the airport, but just landing from East Asia I was mostly underwhelmed in comparison.| www.collegetowns.org
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 19 - July 26.| College Towns
The rise of purpose-built student accommodations and commodification of studenthood in college towns.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 12 - July 18.| College Towns
Flanked by four colleges with over 100,000 students in the heart of Seoul, this former dusty rail line is now a beautiful linear park.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 5 - July 11.| www.collegetowns.org
We look chaotic from the calm of East Asian megacities, a concern for both tourism and higher ed sectors in the US.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 29 - July 4.| College Towns
For some universities, the courage to innovate came from their organizational near-death experience.| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 22 - June 28.| www.collegetowns.org
I reflect on my home team city, the Oklahoma City Thunder, winning the 2025 NBA Championship in terms of urbanism (and even some education).| College Towns
Around the College Towns: Links and commentary related to urbanism and higher ed for the week of June 7 - June 14.| www.collegetowns.org
The perfect movie to end the school year, start the summer, or celebrate Memorial Day. Even the romanticized version of 1970s school life has a lot to say about America today.| www.collegetowns.org
The public rideshare in Orange County solved the last mile problem for an area around a suburban rail station, but the price was too high.| www.collegetowns.org