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Mothering at Mid-Career: Sometimes you feel like a nut...
I've been trying, more or less successfully, to complain less, work smarter rather than harder, and take some time for myself, this semester. In other words, I've been trying to avoid becoming one of the miserable professoriate described in William Panapacker's recent piece in the Chronicle of Higher Ed. I really don't think it's my duty to be miserable--and, most of the time, I'm really not miserable. I have a great job with colleagues I like and respect, my time is usually pretty self-scheduled, and it would be worse than churlish to complain about committee work or excess grading when I am lucky enough to be employed, let alone tenured.
Impostors, Performers, Professionals - I
Steven J. Corbett and Teagan E. Decker reflect on challenges to confidence (and overcoming them) in graduate school.
Remembering Bill Friday
His interpersonal antennae and deft political skills helped make the longtime leader of the University of North Carolina the man and the higher education giant that he was, writes Art Padilla.
Financing a Graduate School Education: 4 Important Questions
In the hubbub of graduate school program searching and applications, there’s one thing that should happen during your (early) considerations: dropping the big F-Bomb- Finances.
The Intersession Drive-By
My college offers a January intersession. The idea is that students take a single class in a compressed timeframe. For the last few years, it has worked remarkably well for students who are already here. They can either make up for a slip in the Fall or start making headway on the Spring. Course completion rates have floated around the 90 percent range, since such a short timeframe doesn’t give much opportunity for life to get in the way. And anecdotal feedback from the faculty who have taught it has been glowing; they report that there’s an intensity that comes from “owning” the student entirely for a short time that lends itself well to certain types of classes.
5 Benefits Of Officeless EdTech Leadership
I have a colleague who does not have an office. He is an an edtech leadership role in higher education, with over 20 years of experience managing a large and complex organization. During the time in which I have known this edtech leader he has had a couple of different offices throughout his campus, as his responsibilities are distributed across a number of units.
Never-Ending To-Do List
December is just around the corner. I think I might be in trouble.
Answering a Social Media Question
Question: How can our office utilize social media to build community and enhance connections with students?