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We were globalists at a tender age!
As is evident in the end note to my most recent entry (‘ Are we witnessing the denationalization of the...
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Lost Illusions
I’m working with a colleague who’s going through the shock that hits every new dean the first time she has...
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The Disappearing College Catalog
I threw a stack of college catalogs in the recycling bin last week. It was a symbolic as well as...
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Pushing Back on 'The Power of Pull'
I read The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion for one reason...
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Student Unrest on African Campuses
In May 2010 the University of Nairobi in Kenya closed down indefinitely after violent unrest and looting in the streets...
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The Neighborhood Effect
All of us have heard that the key bottom line in real estate is location, location, location. The value of...
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From 60 to 0
Last week I wrote about the insanity of life as a freelancer. This week I’m writing from a cabin in...
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Other than environmental
Doing "sustainability work" on campus generally means trying to change institutional operations so that they're less destructive of the environment...