Confessions of a Community College Dean

Back in the 80's and early 90's, the way you could tell if a speaker was losing the audience was...

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The Boy is eight today. He looks ten, but he's eight. It's a fun age to watch, since it's still...

Last week, IHE had a story about a conference dedicated to addressing the relatively low rate of college attendance by...

I've had variations on this conversation several times recently. Professor: There's option A and option B, and I guess technically...

Both of these stories make sense on their own terms. But taken together, they neatly capture the basic dilemma in...

Twice in the last month, I've been in meetings at which somebody suggested that the solution to some ongoing dilemma...

In response to yesterday's post, several commenters asked variations on "well, okay, but what if the dean is a jackass...