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The Odd Couple: Have We Forgotten How to Have Conversations?
Rachel and Gordon talk about talking and how discussion dynamics can be more like a game of jacks than catch.
‘I Only Travel on Gravel’: What It Takes to Lead a College Back From the Brink
North Idaho College was a canary in the coal mine for the political takeover of higher ed. It survived.
Character in Higher Ed
Rachel and Gordon talk about teaching students how to truly be human and to live in a civil society with others.
Did We in the Humanities Cause Our Own Demise?
How much are we to blame for the lack of public trust in higher education?
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The View From the Stairwell
The often-overlooked work of higher education’s essential translators—the VPs.
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The Odd Couple: We’re Not Back in School
Another academic year starts and neither Gordon nor Rachel will be on campus.
“She Shouldn’t Have Worn a Skirt”
Re-examining my irritation with Girls and women.