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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.

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Matthew Desmond’s ‘Poverty, by America’

Somehow both on-target and disappointing.

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Limbo Revisited

Advice for students trying to decide where to go.

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‘Initial Quality’ and Starting Salaries

Lifetime earnings matter more than starting salaries.

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Dual Enrollment and AP: The Plot Thickens

Readers respond and fill in key gaps.

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If That Were True…

Getting the story right.

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Dual Enrollment or AP?

Which would you recommend?

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Friday Fragments

Good administration, bad language and an inadvertent writing prompt.

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Y’all Need to Calendar

When language evolves.

By Matt Reed