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Professor
Professor is an odd thing. Students call out "Professor!" in the hall, and sometimes they mean me. Professor Soltan. Yet...
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Ask the Administrator: Transferring
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog everyday. I go to a suny cc (I graduate in June) and...
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Do more, do less
OK, so the blog has been on hiatus for a few days. I haven't. Quite the opposite. Since the weekend...
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Education by Earthquake
When I was very little, my mom took me down to the Mississippi to see a river barge that had...
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Sticker Shock and Smart Shopping
This time of year, community colleges suddenly get a lot more attractive. High school seniors who applied to college for...
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Managing for Improvement: Part II
If we are focused on improvement, we have to design a strategy for improvement. Although it is possible to have...
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Adjuncts and Accreditation, Revisited
Adjuncts and Accreditation, Revisited Academic Cog and Lumpenprofessoriat posted some thoughtful pieces in response to my skepticism about using accreditation...