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Consolidating Boards
Several alert readers sent along info that Connecticut and Rhode Island are considering streamlining their internal education governance systems, presumably...
Structures and People
“What about Dave? Um, I mean the Registrar?” In working through the implications of some recent and pending retirements, I’m...
Sleepover!
This weekend’s tale of the tape: 4 10 year old boys 1 annoyed 6 year old girl 2 basketball games...
Class, We Have a Guest...
This was Career Week at TB and TG’s school. Parents and other adults came in and talk to the students...
The Interregnum
Don’t tell anyone... The brief gap between graduation and the start of summer classes is blissfully quiet. I can actually...
Ask the Administrator: Spreading the Good Word
A thoughtful returning correspondent writes: For 20+ years there have been all kinds of boards and national commissions recommending changes...
Making Failure Safe
I’ve been chewing on Adapt, Tim Harford’s latest. (He’s the Undercover Economist.) It’s a wide-ranging survey, but the basic idea...
A Good President is Hard to Find
The Chronicle had a piece this week (behind the paywall) about a small college’s struggle to hire a President. It...