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Trying to Remember 18
In an aside last week, I mentioned that my first semester at Snooty Liberal Arts College was an academic belly-flop...
Great Ideas in the Garden State
New Jersey has been all over the higher ed headlines this week. Two pieces of great news: The prosecutor who...
New Occupational Certificates
In a never-ending quest to serve demonstrated needs, we're considering developing certificate programs in some newly emerging professions: Celebrity Gossip...
Ask the Administrator: Setting Up Base Camp
A new correspondent writes: After ten years or so of adjuncting around, I've quite happily been awarded a "full-time one...
Ask My Readers: Grade Appeals
(I'm thinking out loud in this post, looking for constructive suggestions. This is not some sort of position paper.) How...
Ranking CC's
An alert reader sent me a link to the Washington Monthly's rating of the top 30 community colleges in America...
Ask the Administrator: A Class Lottery?
A returning correspondent whose pet course got canceled for low enrollment writes: So, I've been thinking what I might do...
Peers
In an unrelated discussion with the registrar at my cc, I learned that her previous college – a respectable-but-not-elite four-year...