July, 2014 // Posts published in July, 2014
Introducing US Higher Ed
I have occasions still to help with presentations to visiting foreign groups, most commonly Chinese, and it occurs to me that the results raise some interesting topics. First, of course, is the question of what aspects of higher education to pick, when this is the subject requested. I’ll offer my recent choices, but I am […]
Public Grief: History and Emotion
A month or so before my service as provost ended we had a “shooter” exercise for our safety folks and upper administration. The idea of course is that some realistic scenarios would help us all deal with the real thing should it ever occur, and while I always disliked the simulation I can’t argue that […]
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