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Sticker Shock and Smart Shopping
This time of year, community colleges suddenly get a lot more attractive. High school seniors who applied to college for...
Managing for Improvement: Part II
If we are focused on improvement, we have to design a strategy for improvement. Although it is possible to have...
Adjuncts and Accreditation, Revisited
Adjuncts and Accreditation, Revisited Academic Cog and Lumpenprofessoriat posted some thoughtful pieces in response to my skepticism about using accreditation...
The Pre-Ninja Program
The Boy announced on Sunday that when he grows up, he wants to be a Ninja. Naturally, this got me...
Managing for Improvement: Part I
NOTE: This semester we’ve had an active conversation in a graduate course on Managing Universities here at LSU. This blog...
Both Sides of the Desk
I've been doing a fair bit of interviewing at other campuses lately, but I've also been interviewing candidates for an...
Modest proposal #9 - Let's strip
OK, now! Get your mind out of the gutter. We all get to keep our clothes on and, for some...
Weird and Dangerous Days
It’s been one of those weeks. Our semester is nearly done, and at first I blamed the odd events on...