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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...
Sustainability's Third Circle
Around 1952, the brown treesnake ( Boiga irregularis) arrived on Guam from somewhere in the South Pacific, presumably as an...
Ask the Administrator: Transferring
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog everyday. I go to a suny cc (I graduate in June) and...
Becoming American
For society to thrive, universities can -- must -- introduce their students to the perennial questions and issues that define democratic theory and practice, writes Thomas Lindsay.
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...
Education by Earthquake
When I was very little, my mom took me down to the Mississippi to see a river barge that had...