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First Tastes
The Boy is starting fifth grade, as hard as it is for me to process that. In our district, fifth...
Status Anxiety
Earlier this week I had a pair of meetings right on top of each other that made for a hell...
Confessions of a Community College Dean - ESL
What’s the role of ESL at a community college? It isn’t obvious. ESL refers to English as a Second Language...
Confessions of a Community College Dean - Online as Last Resort
Okay, it’s late August, your college has a policy that nothing outside of a few specialized classes (clinicals, studios, labs...
Selfish Tech
Why can’t you re-sell a “used” e-book? I can’t come up with a decent technical reason that it couldn’t be...
Cabin Fever
The good news is that Hurricane Irene didn’t inflict any major damage on us. I know that’s not true for...
Carey: Perry Visionary?
Kevin Carey, whom I consider one of the more thoughtful and interesting higher ed writers out there, made a startling...
Fragments from Orientation Week
Watching audiences from the back of the auditorium is always enlightening. For Liberal Arts orientations, I saw many tattoos and...