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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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Visibility in the Halls of Power

Dropping in on members of Congress.

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Advisers for Returning Adult Students

A student makes it plain.

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Delegates and Trustees

The difference matters most when conflicts get hot.

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Friday Fragments

This week, it’s all about work.

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A Welcome Debate

Do completion scholarships work?

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Reflections on ‘Schoolhouse Rock’

I am a bill, I am only a bill …

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Clear, Simple and Wrong

Applying institutional graduation rates to individual students does real damage.

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Recruiting Retired Nurses

Could one problem solve another?

By Matt Reed