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Of Teaching Melville on 9/12
The fall semester was only two weeks old, and we’d already worked through Irving, Hawthorne, and Poe. But my students...
'Call Me Phil'
I’m Phil Dolly, Ed. D. Recently resigned, or deposed, community college president. Yesterday I was the CEO at North East...
Thoughts on San Antonio
This story in IHE is somehow both shocking and unsurprising. Apparently, San Antonio College has a policy stating that anybody...
Comparing apples to air compressors
Much of my life, this week, is focused on finalizing Greenback U's greenhouse gas inventory as it's going to be...
The Wrong Idea on the Drinking Problem
Colleges need to do much more than talk about the drinking age -- especially given evidence that the law may be reducing fatalities -- writes Jonathan Gibralter.
Class Shopping
I've never found an elegant way around the add/drop period. This is the time of the semester when late-adding students...
Motherhood After Tenure: the Sabbatical Begins
This is the second week of my sabbatical and already I have a sinking feeling that I’m not accomplishing enough...
ABCs and PhDs: Saving Our Woods
The patch of woods outside my front door is in trouble. After we moved into our neighborhood four years ago...