By Barbara Fister. It was time for a change. Well, I actually didn’t think it was time quite yet, but the clock jerked forward unexpectedly. As Medicare eligibility was approaching and I was beginning to give some thought to retirement, the Little College on the Prairie made a buyout offer to faculty who met certain criteria, which I did. More...
By Steven Mintz. Traditionally, a liberal arts education was regarded as the inverse of professional, technical, or vocational training. But the liberal arts can, of course, be practical, applied, and experiential. More...
By Eric Stoller. Long-weekend ‘slumber party’ at the ‘University in the Forest’. More...
By Eric Stoller. One of the biggest challenges with using social media for recruitment and enrollment growth in higher education has always been the ability for institutions to find ways to measure the return on investment of all of their digital engagement activities. More...
By Eric Stoller. Apparently, NC State University is more concerned about the reputational damage that a former vice chancellor speaking out against fascism could do via social media (checks notes) … than actually standing up against fascism. More...
By John Warner. One of the more pleasurable byproducts of the release of Why They Can’t Write and The Writer’s Practice is that I’m being asked to present at faculty development events. More...
By assigning public universities the responsibility of supervising private universities, Panama’s constitution assumes that public universities are intrinsically better than private universities and that public universities have the capacity to undertake this supervisory function appropriately. More...
The chances of success of a program that was designed without any discussion with the universities or other institutions are remote. More...
What's the best advice you have ever received? Maybe there is something that a mentor told you that has stuck with you? Is there a really great quote from a book, or something your boss said in a meeting? Have you had an "aha" moment that put everything into perspective. More...
As summer comes to a close and we finalize our gear up for fall semester, many of us are putting the finishing touches on our fall courses. Are you teaching a new class this fall? Trying out something new? Teaching online for the first time? Exciting ideas you want to share. More...
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