Test-Drive Your Retirement
Swimming with Sharks
How One University Addressed Adjuncts
How One University Addressed Adjuncts
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 30, 2019
Working together, tenure and non-tenured track faculty improved conditions for adjuncts.
How Can They Afford That?
How Can They Afford That?
The New York Times, Nov. 6, 2019
Ever wonder how your friends in the same money bracket can afford things you can’t? It’s often due to hidden wealth or hidden debt.
Displaying, Not Hiding Slavery
Displaying, Not Hiding Slavery
The New York Times, Oct. 23, 2019
Museums are taking steps, even in exhibitions that once would have seemed unrelated to slavery, to show the immediate and ongoing impact.
Good-bye SAT?
Good-bye SAT?
PBS/Hechinger Report Oct. 10, 2019
A record number of universities no longer require students to submit an SAT or ACT score. What are the effects on diversity and achievement?
60 Years of Learning?
60 Years of Learning?
The New York Times, Oct. 2019
Rapidly evolving workplaces and numerous career changes over a lifetime means universities need to be offering a 60-year curriculum.
The Importance of Names
The Importance of Names
The Los Angeles Times, August 25, 2019
My father and I visited Germany 80 years after he left – and what the trip told us about our own country
The Impossible Presidency
The Impossible Presidency
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 2019
As the tenure of university presidents shorten, some are asking: can any one do this job?
Elusive Efficiency
Elusive Efficiency
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 14, 2019
What does efficiency mean in higher education and is it good or bad?
A.I. and Climate Change
A.I. and Climate Change
The New York Times, May 12, 2019
Can artificial intelligence address the impact of weather disasters?
“It Kept Failing”
“It Kept Failing”
California Magazine, March 2019
Theranos whistleblower and Cal grad Erika Cheung talks about the Silicon Valley scandal.
Evaluating Play
A Safe Haven?
A Safe Haven?
The New York Times, Feb. 20, 2019
The political climate is leading more students to turn toward historically black and single-sex colleges.
Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
Faculty Searches Gone Wrong
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan. 6, 2019
Bad hotels, poor travel plans – faculty searches can fail for so many reasons.
Private Matters
Private Matters
Talking Stick, Jan-Feb. 2019
Association of College and University Housing Officers
What can and can’t colleges tell parents – and why is it so confusing?
A Balancing Act
Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
Artifical Intelligence and Ethics
The New York Times, Nov. 2, 2018
Colleges grapples with the teaching of the technology and ethics of A.I.
It’s About the Mission
Coming Together
Coming Together
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 21, 2018
More and more colleges are merging or being acquired. It can save an institution, but it’s a tricky business.
Self-doubt? Oh Yes!
Self-doubt? Oh Yes!
The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
Samantha Bee and Cecile Richards talk about how insecurity.
Intersectionality in the Workplace
Intersectionality in the Workplace
The New York Times, Sept. 30, 2018
Bearing the emotional tax of racism, sexism and classism.
Local efforts on Climate Change
Local efforts on Climate Change
The International New York Times, Sept. 21, 2018
Thousands of organizations are trying in big and small ways to address climate change. Here are ten.
Access or Monopoly?
Access or Monopoly?
The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2018
The big publishing companies are offering ‘inclusive access’ that make online textbooks cheaper. But is it a good thing?
Affordable College Housing?
Affordable College Housing?
Talking Stick, Sept.-Oct. 2018
Association of College and University Housing Officers
How to be safe and comfortable without being unaffordable?
Wooing Transfer Students
Wooing Transfer Students
The New York Times, Aug. 2, 2018
Transfer students used to be the step-children of higher education, but no more. Colleges and universities are now eager to bring community college and other transfer students on board.
Building Academic Integrity
Building Academic Integrity
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 2018
It’s not enough to catch cheaters. Teachers have to create an environment where students don’t want to cheat.
Of Love, Loss and Basketball
Of Love, Loss and Basketball
CoveyClub, July 2018
The nest isn’t really empty until they go to work. My essay about changes.
Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service
Diversity Hiring: More than Lip Service
The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 17, 2018
One university spent a year restructuring its recruitment and hiring process.
Working Together
Working Together
May 2018
State AZAs teaming up.
