April 24, 2024
Time to Move from Disruption to Self-Actualization
Watching the videos of students causing mayhem at Columbia, Yale, USC and other formerly-respected universities, I have to wonder what they think they are actually
April 2, 2024
The DOJ Comes After Apple – And Me!
Several decades ago, I was on the wrong side of a DOJ anti-trust investigation that alleged price fixing by all five producers of sodium bicarbonate.
March 19, 2024
In Philadelphia, Almost Nobody Reads the Inquirer
For virtually all of my 75 years, I have lived in the Philadelphia area and seen many changes in that time. Growing up as a kid
January 8, 2024
Work, Retirement and Time
My friend Robert Brancatelli always manages to come up with thoughtful comments in his blog entries. You can read all of his posts here. His
October 24, 2023
Of Cyber Hacks and Cheesecake
Probably most of us have received the unsettling email from one of the corporations with which we regularly do business.It goes something like this: “We are
June 22, 2023
Student Leverage – Not Just Financial
Chris Corrigan is a veteran CFO of several colleges, and he has written a very cogent article about the rise in college discount rates over
June 19, 2023
The IRS Comes Calling
On June 16, 2023, the Wall Street journal reported on a letter that Congressman Jim Jordan sent to IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel. The letter demanded
May 28, 2023
A Retreat to Silence, Contemplation and Clarity
A friend of mine, Robert Brancatelli, recently posted a nice remembrance of a restaurant he used to frequent, named The Monk's Retreat. You can
June 5, 2021
Welcome students, Class of ….of….well, we’re really not sure
Now we find ourselves in the beautiful month of June — and colleges everywhere are toting up the paid deposits that were due by May
February 28, 2021
The Message to Higher Education: Perseverance!
Consider for a moment the incredible accomplishment that has been captured by the successful landing of the rover “Perseverance” on Mars, 135 million miles from
February 18, 2021
Academics Peer Into the Private Sector
Long-term tenured professors must be surveying the higher education landscape and wondering just what has happened to their once-predictable lives. It’s not just small liberal arts
February 11, 2021
Changing Careers? Look Forward, Not Back!
The Wall Street Journal recently ran two articles dealing with career transitions for baby boomers, specifically knowing when it is time to step down. For those