Confessions of a Community College Dean

I’ve followed with interest the outbreak of tornadoes in the South and Midwest, especially in Arkansas. Several colleges there have...

The Boy and The Girl are old enough now to play sports, but still too young to drive. (Right now...

A few years ago, at a job interview in another state -- it would have been the worst fit ever...

Apparently, Mt Hood Community College in Oregon is responding to a threatened faculty strike by threatening hire permanent replacements. I...

Yesterday’s piece in IHE about traps that college presidents routinely fall into is well worth a read. It outlines several...

Tenured Radical has a thoughtful piece about faculty taking the bait when students with political agendas try to provoke them...

In a timely note, a regular correspondent writes: My college is on a big push to do course evals... we...

For a few years in the mid-2000’s, I was a fan of satellite radio. I had a longish commute, and...