Confessions of a Community College Dean

"It's like when someone says plate. And then someone says shrimp. And then someone says plate of shrimp .... It's...

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A returning correspondent writes: I'm just starting to think of the hiring season and, while I'm at a urban high...

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Although some on campus like to talk about The Administration as a monolith, like The Borg, it's actually composed of...

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A few vignettes from the holiday weekend: *** The Boy at lunch: "I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with...

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Aspazia, characteristically, has a thought-provoking post about applied ethics. This time it's about some partial scholarships that her husband's college...

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My cc is taking a new look at guidelines for "advisory boards" for various "occupational" degree programs. (A quick definition...

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The Chronicle has had a series over the last week or so about the salaries of college Presidents. I won't...

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A new correspondent writes: I am a Department Head for a large urban CC in a very small vocational program...

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