By P.D. Lesko My kids wanted a $1,200 LEGO set. They wanted it badly. They waaaaaaanted it now. They tried to justify the cost. It was important. It was educational. Needless to say, I told them no. Kids who live off the largesse of parents...
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[private]By Jenny Ortiz As a Freeway Flyer, I interact with diverse student populations. It's one of the reasons I love to campus hop. Since I started teaching at three different.
By Erik Hanson It's the Monday morning after Finals and all my grades are tallied, waiting to be posted by college officials. I'm caught between rummaging through my files for.
By P.D. Lesko The new E-Zine content went up and there are a couple of pieces that deal directly with the question of whether higher education will be the next "bubble" to burst. In "A College Education of Diminishing Returns," the writer, Eric Fry, examines...
By Kat Kiefer-Newman One of my colleges is a quiet, little collection of buildings neatly tucked in among several large, pastorally lovely, and incredibly smelly dairies. A few days after the.
By Jenny Ortiz I knew going to back to St. John's University after being away for two years as I earned my MFA degree would make me an outsider. At.
By Ron Tinsley I have learned the hard way that not all Ph.D.s are created equal. I went to graduate school dreaming about teaching college. For some reason, no one clued me in to the fact that to teach at major research universities, you need...
By Melissa Miller, Ed.D., M.Ed. 'Tis the season! It is nearing the end of the semester, the end of calendar year 2010 — it is time to reflect on the.
By Rich Russell It is upon us, colleagues!! THE END [of the semester] IS NIGH!!! I declared to a colleague this week: "If you do not hear from me over.
By P.D. Lesko Keith Hoeller and I have known each other for many years. Like me, Keith advocates for part-time faculty. In my case, I do it nationally. Keith has been going toe-to-toe with the Washington Federation of Teachers for years. The Washington Federation of...
