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A world worthy of consideration

I just finished James H. Kunstler's novel, World Made by Hand. It's the tale of a small community near the...

Reflections on accreditation: What's behind the curtain?

Accreditation is about as ambiguous a measure as anyone could imagine. Yet, being “accredited” has tremendous value in the academic...

Purgatory

What if you could predict with confidence which prospective students would succeed in college and which wouldn’t? Apparently the University...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Not a Soccer Mom

First we were soccer parents. I used to feel that we were the worst soccer parents in the world —...

6 Reasons That 'Part-Timers By Choice' Are So Valuable

Do you work with colleagues who have chosen to work something less than full-time? Perhaps these colleagues are income packaging...

Taking One for the Team

When our communications director suggested that I “star” in a jesting video for an event celebrating the College’s 125th anniversary...

Shared problems, shared solutions: Six recommendations for gender equality in higher education

I have been travelling quite a bit in recent months; I attended several conferences and met many new and interesting...

Classroom Styles and College Styles

Though I’m a confessed agnostic on the subject of learning styles, I enjoyed this essay quite a bit. It suggests...