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Before a Vote of No Confidence
Rachel Toor confesses, I sat in Faculty Senate and raised my hand to vote no confidence in a president. Now I believe I was wrong.
Do Faculty Refuse to Recognize Financial Challenges?
Gordon asks Rachel to explain a baffling mindset. She fails.
What a Student-Centered University Really Looks Like
If you were to start a university today whose mission was to serve students, this might just be it.
The Odd Couple: The Pecking Order in Higher Ed
Rachel and Gordon call out the pervasive and toxic snobbery in our industry.
Mistakes Were Made—but Not in Academe
Some of us have been thinking about all the ways we’ve messed up and earned some of the disdain we’re experiencing.
The Odd Couple: The Real Crisis in Higher Ed
It’s not that faculty don’t care—it’s that they are being asked to absorb change faster than they can understand it, trust it or help shape it.
The Dormatorium: A Proposal for What to Do With Empty Beds on Campuses
When campuses are half-empty and retirees are desperate to avoid “old age” homes, maybe it’s time to reimagine who gets to live in dorms.
The Odd Couple: Is Shared Governance Really Shared?
Rachel and Gordon talk about the rights and responsibilities of faculty senates.