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Diversity and Privilege

Parents of high schoolers here in New York have been following the recent events at Hunter High School with interest...

I Have Some Bad News

The first student looked at me with tears in his eyes, silent for a moment, and then said, “I have...

Advising

In our never-ending quest to help students succeed, we’re taking a fresh look at how we do academic advising on...

Campus Auxiliary Services and Social Media: The Ohio State University - Ohio Union

The Ohio State University (OSU) had been without a formal campus union since 2006. In 2010, the Ohio Union opened...

Some of These Things Are Not Like the Others

Librarians have a love/hate relationship with Google. We are just as prone as any mortal to wonder what on earth...

Costs, Higher Ed, and the Yugo

Q. Why don't Yugo's sustain much damage in a front-end collision? A. The tow truck takes the impact. Q. Why...

Math Geek Mom: Of Tournaments, Teenagers and Turtles

There is a concept in economics called a “tournament”. It notices that one way to motivate people to do something...

Scale and community

On occasion, I get a flash of brilliance that's actually a good idea. More often, they're insights which either were...