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Shared Governance: For Better and For (Much) Worse
A great idea in theory. In practice? Sometimes.
The Angry 8: On Faculty Senates
A reformed member of the faculty club no one should want to join weighs in on the beauty and ickiness of shared governance.
How to Get a Job As President
Even highly successful people sometimes aren’t the best readers of their own work. Or their own skill set.
Teaching While President
What it’s like to go back to class after 15 years in administration.
Is Higher Ed Broken?
As enrollments drop, costs rise and the public doesn’t trust us, we are in a world of hurt. Most institutions are still doing business as usual. But some are getting creative.
College Athletics, or, Are You Freaking Kidding Me?
Someone please tell me how this stuff makes sense and who is going to fix the mess we’re all in.
The President, the Board Chair, and a Lesson in Boundaries
The real key to presidential success: having a good relationship with the person who chairs your board.
Confessions of a Former Gatekeeper
Looking back on a couple of careers of mostly saying “No.”