Category Archives: Higher Education

Mid-Twentieth Century Blues. Chapter Six. The Students

Posted on May 26, 2019 by

Once Inspiring, Students Became a Downdraft! Teaching was an artform for me.  Early in my career, I gave up opportunities to advance to administrative positions because I loved being in the classroom.  Student discussions were vibrant.  Cracking open a window to other cultures … Continue reading →

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Mid-Twentieth Century Blues. Chapter Four. Part Two!

Posted on May 1, 2019 by

A Bag of Nails and a Hammer Prelude Retirement gives you time to think.  As I look back upon the bureaucrats and professors who were essentially my enemies, I wonder if they were threatened by Religious Studies?  So many on … Continue reading →

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Mid-Twentieth Century Blues. Chapter Four, Part One.

Posted on April 16, 2019 by

Inescapable Institutional Violence   “For the beauty of strong courageous women is ugly by misogynist standards of “beauty.”      Mary Daly  Prelude Sometimes you get caught up in a cause or a battle and you cannot step away from … Continue reading →

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Students Were Afraid to Learn About Other Religions!

Posted on March 21, 2017 by

The Classroom Became a War Zone! Excerpt from Final Exam Jihad.  An Opportunity for Loneliness.  “You and Me” We started together, you and me.  We were new on campus.  We found new friends and faced new challenges.  Some of us … Continue reading →

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Final Exam Jihad is Published!

Posted on March 19, 2017 by

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 →

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Undergraduate Despair and Hopelessness

Posted on November 9, 2015 by

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 →

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Posted on June 29, 2015 by

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 →

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Destroying or eliminating General Education classes is barbaric. The Visigoths are at the door!

Posted on March 2, 2015 by

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 →

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How to Kill a Professor!

Posted on February 7, 2015 by

A Friend of Mine Passed Away the Other Day Darlene (not her real name) was from Malaysia.  She had made her way to Australia where she worked to obtain her Ph.D. in Computer Information Systems.  When she passed, she was … Continue reading →

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Recipe #1 for Positive Change in Higher Education

Posted on January 19, 2015 by

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 →

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