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Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."
Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."

Let’s Not Blame Faculty for What They Haven’t Had to Know

November 11, 2026

Rachel schools Gordon on not being a clear and transparent communicator with the faculty.

Text message bubble conversation: "I joke that when I moved from being a dean to president my friends stopped waving at me with all their fingers," Grey said. "I’ve heard that one from you too many times, Gordon. You need new material," Green said.
Text message bubble conversation: "I joke that when I moved from being a dean to president my friends stopped waving at me with all their fingers," Grey said. "I’ve heard that one from you too many times, Gordon. You need new material," Green said.

The Odd Couple Takes the Sandbox Live

October 28, 2026

Rachel and Gordon hit the road to talk with current leaders. Hilarity ensues.

Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."
Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."

The Odd Couple: The Differences Between Colleges and Universities

October 14, 2026

Rachel and Gordon go to a small college campus and Gordon learns how much he didn’t know.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: Have We Forgotten How to Have Conversations?

September 30, 2026

Rachel and Gordon talk about talking and how discussion dynamics can be more like a game of jacks than catch.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

Character in Higher Ed

September 16, 2026

Rachel and Gordon talk about teaching students how to truly be human and to live in a civil society with others.

Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."
Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."

Building a Cabinet

August 26, 2026

Gordon talks to Rachel about hiring upper-level administrators.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: We’re Not Back in School

August 12, 2026

Another academic year starts and neither Gordon nor Rachel will be on campus.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: Celebrating What We Love

July 29, 2026

Rachel and Gordon suffer a bout of the warm fuzzies in the heat of the summer and talk about the greatness that is U.S. higher education.