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The Pre-Ninja Program
The Boy announced on Sunday that when he grows up, he wants to be a Ninja. Naturally, this got me...
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Managing for Improvement: Part I
NOTE: This semester we’ve had an active conversation in a graduate course on Managing Universities here at LSU. This blog...
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Both Sides of the Desk
I've been doing a fair bit of interviewing at other campuses lately, but I've also been interviewing candidates for an...
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Modest proposal #9 - Let's strip
OK, now! Get your mind out of the gutter. We all get to keep our clothes on and, for some...
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Weird and Dangerous Days
It’s been one of those weeks. Our semester is nearly done, and at first I blamed the odd events on...
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Ask the Administrator: Building a Community College
A Tennessee correspondent writes: Does building a new community college make economic sense for a cash-strapped community? Where can one...
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Scathing Online Schoolmarm
A professor at the University of Colorado sends SOS the following intriguing letter a freshman there wrote to the campus...
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Modest proposal #8 - Steal some good songs
I once heard Waylon Jennings -- former guitar player for The Crickets -- describe someone (not, to my knowledge, a...