Newsletter Subscribe Welcome to My Next Thought—a weekly newsletter featuring Girish Ballolla’s thoughts on international education. Subscribe below to get MNT in your inbox! Your email My Next ThoughtJune 13, 2025The Man-Child Who Cries Wolf: And What the International Education Community Must Do When the Cries Keep Coming My Next ThoughtJune 6, 2025Globally Curious, Domestically Challenged: Moving Beyond the Echo Chamber and Into the American Imagination My Next ThoughtMay 30, 2025The Price of Admission: When $44 billion can’t buy moral clarity in international education. My Next ThoughtMay 23, 2025The Dreaded N-Word: The Quiet Cost of Loud Rooms My Next ThoughtMay 16, 2025A Degree Is Not a Destiny: Everything I Wish Someone Had Told Me at Graduation My Next ThoughtMay 9, 2025Stop Looking at Harvard, Start Listening to Hyderabad: Why the Future of Higher Education Belongs to the Global South My Next ThoughtMay 2, 2025D-Day: The Decision That Wasn’t My Next ThoughtApril 25, 2025When Belonging Becomes Conditional My Next ThoughtApril 18, 2025When Revenue Becomes the Religion My Next ThoughtApril 11, 2025Counseling Isn’t Broken—It’s Just Incomplete My Next ThoughtApril 4, 2025The Math Ain’t Mathing: It’s Time to Rewrite the Equation in International Education My Next ThoughtMarch 28, 2025The Illusion of Meritocracy: Are We Measuring Privilege or Potential? My Next ThoughtMarch 21, 2025Wasting Time Wisely: A Fresh Perspective on Education and Success My Next ThoughtMarch 14, 2025Jugaad: Why Resourcefulness Is Still The Secret To Success My Next ThoughtMarch 6, 2025The Bully Pulpit or Just a Bully? Leadership in a Globalized World My Next ThoughtFebruary 28, 2025Gumption, Grit, and A Global Mindset: Preparing Future-Ready Leaders My Next ThoughtFebruary 21, 2025The Lost Art of Grit: Building Resilience in the Age of AI My Next ThoughtFebruary 14, 2025The Agent Reckoning – Time to Recalibrate My Next ThoughtFebruary 7, 2025Visa Denials and the Talent Deficit: The Absurdity of Closing Doors on the Future My Next ThoughtJanuary 31, 2025India Rising: A Talent Powerhouse or a Missed Opportunity? My Next ThoughtJanuary 24, 2025From Bangalore to the World: Why We Do What We Do My Next ThoughtJanuary 9, 20252025 Predictions: The Year Ahead in International Education
