Filter & Sort
Don’t Record What You Don’t Want to Have to Watch
Playing Big Brother would get tiring quickly. Any provost with enough time to review the videos of hundreds of classes isn’t doing their job.
Grant Deadlines
Planning for and writing great grant applications takes time. Funders will have better applicants if they set reasonable deadlines.
Thoughts on Bryan Alexander’s new book ‘Peak Higher Ed’
The tome brings up a lot of questions, but is superficial in its assessment of what’s driving change in our institutions.
‘Digital Twins’ and the Prescience of Cheesy Early ’80s Science Fiction
I can foresee these twins creating workload expectations that effectively rule out actual people—the work could become entirely transactional and impersonal.
One-Third, One-Third, One-Third
If the skies parted, the winds shifted and those who are supposed to provide funding at prescribed levels actually did, budgeting would be infinitely easier.
Plato and Morality Tales
Neglecting the classics can contribute to the project of historical erasure that allows people with agendas to write their desired futures into imaginary pasts as if they’re true.