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Ask the Administrator: Hate Mail
A returning correspondent writes: I received a communication from a student who failed my class. The communication was short and...
3 Things I Don't Know about the Datatel and SunGard Deal
"Under a new agreement, the private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, which owns Datatel, plans to buy SunGard Higher Education...
Roadmap revision required
Last week, Harvard celebrated the completion of its 50th LEED-certified project. LEED buildings are a major feature of the school's...
Debating 'The Innovative University'
The Innovative University: Changing the DNA of Higher Education from the Inside Out by Clayton M. Christensen and Henry J...
Blind Pigs
Dontcha hate it when when someone whose views strike you as generally asinine happens to score a really good point...
Stuck in the Middle
As a US student in the UK, I simultaneously loathed and feared the ‘mid-Atlantic’ accent. I loathed the pretense of...
Moving Forward
In my early days in administration, many years ago, I had the opportunity to serve on negotiating committees for various...
Comfort Levels
Last week, the Band of Heathens -- one of our family's all-time favorite bands -- played at a club in...