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Choir, please disregard

If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, we’ll keep getting what we’ve been getting. What most of us have...

Bifurcated Budget Begets Bad Buildings

It’s said that the modern university consists of a large number of academic and administrative departments united by a common...

A Call for Professional Attire

Erik M. Jensen thinks it's time for professors to start dressing like professors, and he has some fashion rules to share.

Dignity Optional

The Girl had a Little Gymnast class yesterday at the Y while I was at work. (TW took her, and...

Scathing Online Schoolmarm

Here's writing that doesn't work -- doesn't convince its audience. In her parenthetical commentary, SOS tells you why. 'GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY...

Real Progress (Finally) on College Affordability

After years of delay and defensiveness by some leaders in higher education, Congress is poised to start getting the cost crisis under control, writes Rep. Howard P. (Buck) McKeon.

Pet Peeve #1

I’m not sure what my pet peeves #2 through n are, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out in time...

Owl Pellets and Cynical Wisdom: A Budgetary Snark

One of the real shocks in moving from Proprietary U to a cc was the change in budget rules. I...