Category Archives: Higher Education
Final Exam Jihad is Published!
A Professor’s Memoir That May Shock You! Creating this memoir about my career in higher education was both a wrenching and uplifting experience. As I scoured the thousands and thousands of documents that I had saved over decades, I realized … Continue reading
Undergraduate Despair and Hopelessness
Cartoon Captures a Snapshot about the Failings of Higher Education Chan Lowe created a portrait of Higher Education in the United States “The American Undergrad’s Prayer.” (I am repeating the prayer here, just in case they pull the cartoon from … Continue reading
Public Universities Need to be Investigated!
Obama Administration Caves into the Cries of Bureaucrats “The U.S. Department of Education has retreated from its controversial plan to create a giant college-ratings system, top officials revealed on Wednesday. Instead, by late summer the department is now promising to … Continue reading
Destroying or eliminating General Education classes is barbaric. The Visigoths are at the door!
General Education Classes are at the Heart of Higher Education “The first act of the Islamic State was to kill the people with knowledge of Religion.” Zaid AlFares For more than two decades at my last job at a state … Continue reading
Recipe #1 for Positive Change in Higher Education
Professionalize Teaching in Higher Education For the past six months I have been ranting about all the problems I faced in Higher Education. I am going to change my tune a bit and focus on how we can change Higher … Continue reading