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12 février 2016

A Study I’d Like to See

By Matt Reed. A few weeks ago I attended an orientation for parents for the International Baccalaureate Program at The Boy’s high school. TB is a bright kid, doing well in honors classes, and the school is offering a “pre-IB” tenth grade program, so I thought I’d check it out. More...

12 février 2016

Thoughts on Cluster Hiring

By Matt Reed. A few days ago, IHE had a story about UC Riverside’s efforts to move to a “cluster hiring” strategy for hiring faculty. It sounds like they’ve had a bumpy ride, with one initiative trying to serve a host of different goals. More...

12 février 2016

Postcards From the Provinces

By Matt Reed. This is a sensitive subject for me, because I grew up in a region that most of the country has no idea even exists.  It’s called “Western New York,” and it is not New York City. It’s closer to Michigan than to Manhattan, both physically and culturally. More...

12 février 2016

MIT 2?

By Matt Reed. So an MIT Dean, Christine Ortiz, is taking a leave of absence to start a new university in a city that badly needs one: Boston. More...

12 février 2016

What Will the Neighbors Say?

By Matt Reed. If you work in the public sector long enough, you start to think this way. Someone comes to you with an idea that makes sense on its own terms, and would be great in the context of the institution. More...

12 février 2016

Four Percent

By Matt Reed. If a college’s enrollments drop by four percent, should we expect its instructional costs also to drop by four percent. More...

12 février 2016

A Different Kind of Diversity Fear

By Matt Reed. In a discussion of diversity on campus, and the various ways that it can be expressed and supported, a younger professor helped me understand why diversity discussions often stop right where they need to start. More...

12 février 2016

When Mondays Become Thursdays

By Matt Reed. Is there a more elegant solution to academic calendar equity than turning Mondays into Thursdays?
Folks in the trenches know what I mean. More...

12 février 2016

What Do You Advise Amy to Take?

By Matt Reed. The blizzard this weekend forced some serious “inside” time, so I was able to be slightly more attentive than usual to Twitter. More...

12 février 2016

Save the Bunnies!

By Dean Dad. By now, you’ve probably heard about Simon Newman, the president of Mount Saint Mary’s University, and his statements about the need to throw out high-risk students in order to improve his school’s retention numbers. More...

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