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After the Peak

This piece in the Chronicle got me thinking about Presidents and Vice Presidents I've worked under who had stayed on...

Vacation Observations

--Kindles Are Everywhere: People seem to love to read on these things on the beach and at the pool. Mostly...

Times of a little less money

In the course of my most recent mutterings, I made reference to the Great Depression. I did so to demonstrate...

Breaking Even

I had a good discussion last week with a well-meaning professor who wanted to know why the minimum enrollment to...

Provost Prose- History Continued and Appreciated

In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of remembering key individuals in the history of an institution. Remembering...

PALACES AND PRAYER-WHEELS

Peter Porter, a poet born in Australia but resident mainly in England, has died, at 81. Here's one of his...

Times of no money

Some 25 years ago, a quasi-country quartet calling themselves "The Girls Next Door" had a moderate hit with a ditty...

The State of the Humanities

“Indicators” are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life.