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Out of Focus?

So, it was Friday, February 1 — the day after Focus the Nation — and I was basking in the...

When Good Schools Won't Close

Oh, I know: Your drifts are bigger than our drifts, and all that. Our friends in Green Bay won’t be...

Focusing on Sustainability

Thursday was the date for the national sustainability teach-in event called “Focus the Nation” ( focusthenation.org), a national “day of...

Ask the Administrator: The Case of the Haunting Husband

A new chair writes: I am a first year chair of a medium sized department at a community college (college...

An Introduction

How do I think -- much less talk, write or teach -- about sustainability and higher education? The prospect's pretty...

I Had No Idea

This week’s Economist brings news that Dr. Craig Venter has made the penultimate step toward “what people are hoping to...

Scathing Online Schoolmarm

Drunken assholes in a rage don't make decorous fans. The NCAA, whose annual meeting in Nashville UD just attended, can...

Ask the Administrator: Slowly...Slowly...

A new correspondent writes: I just started teaching part time for a local college and have applied for a full...