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Extreme Jobs: Governors' Edition

This month, we’re meeting the largest class of new governors in history. Twenty-nine will be inaugurated this month. As extreme...

Doing Quality Assurance in Afghan Higher Education

Some things here are strikingly similar here to elsewhere, like territorial behaviour by Ministries. Others are quite different - the...

An Open Letter to Ed.D. Candidates

Dear Ed.D.’s, I know y’all have it a little rough. Many academics don’t take your credentials terribly seriously. Until recently...

Academia's 3Ms (Merit, Money, Marriage)

The Economist's 16 December issue opened its article on why doctoral degrees waste 21st century students' time and money with...

The Holiday Break

I really look forward to the December holiday break. Though the University is always prepared and staffed if any emergency...

Critiquing "Blunder"

There is a section of my (virtual) bookshelf (stored on the Audible/Amazon cloud) that could be titled: "Why You Are...

Planned Obsolescence

When my son was around ten, we discovered that we could access Jay Leno’s headlines on the computer. Since we...

Growing Concern Over Digital Thesis Deposit

Concern is developing over how theses and dissertations in creative writing programs get deposited in order to satisfy graduation requirements...