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La Vie UD
The things I'll do for a post! I've dragged myself through hellish evening heat (summer's up and running in DC)...
What Is Higher Education?
Many of us find it challenging to explain the American higher education system to non-academic audiences (and sometimes to academic...
There's Distance Ed, and Then There's Distance Ed
Our distance ed coordinator stopped me in the cafeteria last week to report that she's trying to enroll a student...
Universities Under the Influence
With her interest in the grotesqueries of bigtime university sports, UD has read tons of reports from tons of influential...
Happy Bloomsday
Today is the annual worldwide celebration of Leopold Bloom’s adventures around Dublin in 1904. So set down your ashplant, hoist...
Ask the Administrator: Going for Deanships
A new correspondent writes: ----- My question has to do with a dear friend of mine, an assistant professor of...
That Pesky Summer Semester
Like a number of big sports campuses, Auburn University has designated faculty-enablers who smooth the way toward a bogus degree...
Base Rates
According to a piece in IHE, Democrats in Congress are considering establishing penalties for colleges that increase tuition by too...