Confessions of a Community College Dean

For bloggers of a certain vintage -- those of us who marched into the academic blogosphere around 2004-5 -- the...

Last week I had a nice discussion with some people who work at nearby four-year schools. We were discussing the...

An alert reader sent me this link to a Boston Globe story about Harvard eliminating its final exam period. We’ve...

In a nutshell, this is why I write under a pseudonym. Apparently the University of Connecticut fired a dean who...

A new correspondent writes: We, the faculty, have just been notified by our president that the Texas Legislature (which can...

We got The Boy's and The Girl's school pictures this week. Admitting my own bias upfront, it's still fair to...

Does anyone out there work at a public college that mandates that students buy laptops? I’m increasingly convinced that we...

Apparently at the White House Community College Summit yesterday, President Obama announced no new public money for community colleges. But...