Confessions of a Community College Dean
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
January 9, 2013 - 9:54pm
In grad school, I openly envied my colleagues in the sciences. It wasn’t the slightly higher stipends or the chance to play with cool toys, as real as both of those were. It was the opportunity to work on a regular basis with a lab group.
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January 8, 2013 - 9:43pm
Bloomberg news yesterday ran a story about the University of Phoenix, in which it reported drops in quarterly earnings and share price as a function of a drop in enrollment. The headline reflected net income and enrollment. But the real news was buried in the fifth paragraph.
January 7, 2013 - 9:54pm
Over the break, I had a welcome chance to catch up on my reading. Through the miracle of Twitter -- which I think of as an annotated bibliography that self-updates in real time -- I ran across these two articles, and couldn’t help noticing how they crash into each other.
January 6, 2013 - 9:27pm
Last Friday I had the chance to drop by the MLA conference for the first time ever. In my faculty days, I used to attend APSA fairly regularly; now I can sometimes be found at the League for Innovation or the AACC. The MLA was a new one. But between an opportunity to participate in a bloggers’ panel in the Exhibit Hall Theater and an unusually accessible location, I couldn’t turn it down.
January 3, 2013 - 8:55pm
See you in the exhibit hall theater at MLA 13 Friday at 1:30! IHE bloggers Mary Churchill, Nate Kreuter, and I will be on the “Career Advice” panel. I’ll offer tips for job candidates who are considering community colleges.
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