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Ask the Administrator: The Case of the Haunting Husband
A new chair writes: I am a first year chair of a medium sized department at a community college (college...
An Introduction
How do I think -- much less talk, write or teach -- about sustainability and higher education? The prospect's pretty...
I Had No Idea
This week’s Economist brings news that Dr. Craig Venter has made the penultimate step toward “what people are hoping to...
Scathing Online Schoolmarm
Drunken assholes in a rage don't make decorous fans. The NCAA, whose annual meeting in Nashville UD just attended, can...
Ask the Administrator: Slowly...Slowly...
A new correspondent writes: I just started teaching part time for a local college and have applied for a full...
Administrative Personae
Clancy, over at Culture Cat, tagged me with this one, and I couldn't resist. She tried to peg her administrative...
The Boy, Master Communicator
Last night, in the car, just after I picked up The Boy at CCD on my way home from work...
Ask the Administrator: The Case of the Slippery Stipend
A nervous correspondent writes: I am a regular reader and occasional pseudonymous poster, and am faced with an ethical dilemma...