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Ranking CC's

An alert reader sent me a link to the Washington Monthly's rating of the top 30 community colleges in America...

The Oregon Trial

The University of Oregon, a once-proud school, is proceeding briskly toward the status of Oklahoma State, a third-tier football factory...

Ask the Administrator: A Class Lottery?

A returning correspondent whose pet course got canceled for low enrollment writes: So, I've been thinking what I might do...

Peers

In an unrelated discussion with the registrar at my cc, I learned that her previous college – a respectable-but-not-elite four-year...

Creeping Incrementalism

Over at Bardiac's, there's a thoughtful post on the frustrations of dealing with an administration that makes every class section...

Malcolm Lowry Postmortem

For some of us -- a small number -- Malcolm Lowry's Under the Volcano is the ultimate novel. "Lowry's book...

Temporary Loss of Loving Feeling Noted

A few days before the start of some semesters, I suddenly realize the call to teach has left me, the...

Ask My Readers: Revenue Sharing from Textbooks

A returning correspondent writes: You and your readers were very helpful in responding to my questions about how to convince...