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OCD in collaboration
I spent some time this afternoon working with colleagues in a teaching-like context (planning a weeklong summer workshop), and while we had talked about a number of possible ways to run the week, it wasn’t until one of us brought in a grid of the week divided into days and hours that we started to […]
Quick notes on administration
Three writings on transitions to administration and faculty-administration relations: Serviceable by Gary Olson Sensible by DeanDad Very good (essential) by Tenured Radical One of my concerns about Olson’s piece is that it assumes that the upwardly-and-horizontally-mobile administrator is the norm (though maybe we should call this “diagonal mobility”). And while it is absolutely true that […]
Cascade
My apologies to everyone to whom I owe work and to readers who would like extended blog entries on the future of higher education, today’s NAEP trends report, teacher demographics, and so forth: I’ve been squeezed from too many directions to have much coherent to say, apart from about 60 minutes this weekend where several […]
Margins for error in policy
We’re operating without water in my building for today and tomorrow, at least until the lab reports come back after the drop in pressure overnight. Faculty and staff know, so they’ll get to know their colleagues in nearby buildings. I feel sorry for students who run to the right (usual) place and then hope to […]
Research blog started
For those who want to walk into the weeds with me on a new research project, feel free to follow my new research blog hosted at USF. Dorn’s dangerously public research blog has the subtitle “conducting research without a net,” and I am likely to fail in public view. [Update 4/20/09: the blog server’s database […]