Category Archives: Students at risk
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
Academic Presidents Want to See Their Names in Lights
Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Spent on Frivolous Buildings Egocentric Presidents, Provosts, Deans and other bureaucrats long to have their names splattered all over a building on a campus. It is a kind of immortality or everlasting life. “They won’t … Continue reading
Power Hungry Fraternities
Fraternities and Sororities Attract Students Who Want Power Over Others Frats have been in the news lately. They have caused the death of students and gang-raped females. This is not news. What is news is that big-name universities are admitting … Continue reading
Study Abroad Programs Can Place Faculty and Students at Risk
Stories from the the Front Lines During my last job as a professor, I took students to Ireland, China (Hong Kong), Thailand, Australia, New Zealand, and a cruise to Alaska. All of the trips were in conjunction with classes I … Continue reading
Protecting International Students on Campus
Stories from the Front Lines I have taught in several colleges and universities and not one of them in over thirty years asked me to take a physical examination, or to be immunized before I started teaching. (I recently started … Continue reading