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Fine-Tuning the Crap-O-Meter
My brother -- who sometimes comments as "brother of dean dad" -- sent me an email yesterday about rhetorical moves...
Modest proposal #10 - Pay to park
I'm currently putting the final numbers together for Greenback's greenhouse gas inventory. As on a lot of campuses, the last...
Financial Aid: Buying Student Talent
One of the more interesting features of the current enthusiasm for discussing college costs and the elaborate mechanisms to discount...
Between the Dog and the Fire Hydrant
Someone I respect asked recently why administrators s/he otherwise likes and respects occasionally make horrible, offensive decisions. Why would an...
Professor
Professor is an odd thing. Students call out "Professor!" in the hall, and sometimes they mean me. Professor Soltan. Yet...
Ask the Administrator: Transferring
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog everyday. I go to a suny cc (I graduate in June) and...
Do more, do less
OK, so the blog has been on hiatus for a few days. I haven't. Quite the opposite. Since the weekend...