Confessions of a Community College Dean

One of the psychological adjustments I had to learn, when moving into administration, was to lower my expectations for victory...

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Now that The Boy is in first grade, he's at the age where we have to start making choices about...

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According to IHE, adjuncts at Pace University in New York City had their bargaining unit certified three years ago, but...

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A Western correspondent writes: I work at a community college in northern California. I was hiredfull time after working part-time...

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When The Wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I gave some of the usual answers, and a...

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One of the policies my cc works under is a rule about “ability to benefit.” Basically, it means that we...

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A new correspondent writes: I'm a sophomore at a snooty-but-trying-not-to-be Private Liberal ArtsCollege who has recently discovered your blog and...

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Dear Mayor Daley, I've seen some idiotic pronouncements over the years. “The insurgency is in its last throes,” “The Segway...

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