January 31, 2018
How Did Things Ever Get This Far?
Virtually everybody is familiar with the scene that depicts the meeting of the heads of the “five families” in the classic movie The Godfather. Taking
December 21, 2017
Trustees, Take Note: Time to Do Your Job
The following commentary appeared on the web site SeeThruEdu.com on December 15, 2017. The positives in American higher education are clear – cutting edge STEM curricula and
November 16, 2017
Time for Faculty and Students to Get Down to Business
(This commentary first appeared on November 15, 2017 on the higher education policy website See Thru Edu (www.SeeThruEdu.com).) Even I have grown weary of the commentaries
August 31, 2017
Blocking and Tackling in Higher Education
The following commentary appeared originally on Augusts 31, 2017 on the higher education policy website SeeThruEdu. Of all the problems in higher education that are in
July 26, 2017
With Fewer Students, Colleges Must Dig Deep to Survive
The following commentary first appeared on July 25, 2017 on the higher education policy website SeeThruEdu.com. : Some years ago, while I was teaching business courses
May 13, 2017
Welcome, Members of the Class of….of….well, we really aren’t sure.
This commentary was published in the May 8, 2017 edition of SeeThruEdu.com. It can also be found as a link under "published works" on this site. Now
April 20, 2017
State Governments Try to Assess College Performance – Can They?
(This column appeared on April 20, 2017 on the policy web site SeeThruEdu.com,) Colleges and universities are fighting hard to hold on to traditional levels of
March 3, 2017
Minimum Drinking Age? We Need a Minimum College Age!
This commentary appeared on the higher education web site SeeThruEdu on March 1, 2017. It is included as a link on my "Published Work" page,
February 25, 2017
The “Gig Economy” Collides with the Tax Code
This happens to me every year at "tax time" - trying to resolve in my mind the popular celebration of workers plying their trade in the
February 12, 2017
Modern Day Fear of Flying
In addressing her fear of flying in a recent Wall Street Journal article, author Eugenia Cheng did a good job of applying her mathematics skills
February 10, 2017
Yearning for the Sounds of Silence
During the run up to the presidential election, many of us echoed the refrain: “we’ll be glad when it’s over”. But it’s not over, not really.
January 26, 2017
Of websites and re-invention – What a wonderful world!
At this moment, you are reading the inaugural blog post on my newly redesigned and consolidated web site. It is the successor to my “old”