Stan Swanson, Author at Magna Publications

A Stronger Commitment to Free Expression Improves Universities and Builds Public Trust

Post author:Stan Swanson
Post published:September 7, 2026
Post category:Academic Leader

Higher education has long faced calls to improve its commitments to free expression and intellectual pluralism. Now under more pressure than ever to do so, and cognizant of historically low…

On Meaningful and Sustainable Learning

Post author:Stan Swanson
Post published:August 24, 2026
Post category:Teaching Professor

A few years ago, toward the end of the semester, one of my advisees sat in my office and asked me about an upper-level science course she was taking: “How…

Cape Not Required: Supporting the Heroic Journey of Nontraditional Students

Post author:Stan Swanson
Post published:August 24, 2026
Post category:Teaching Professor

At the start of each new semester, I look out at a room of nontraditional students and see the hidden superheroes of higher education. Returning to college after years of…