The indoor staircase too.
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The indoor staircase too.
It particularly hurts casual fans who just want to watch all or part of a game on a weekend. Very few games are shown on local broadcast television.
I always liked the staircase in the Main Building at Drexel.
Very enjoyable article by @biblioracle.bsky.social shows how great it is to engage a college class in a fun discussion that might not be exactly on point. Faculty in states like Texas now have to be afraid to teach like this.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
It would be funny if she lost her job because she wasn't enough of an asshole.
You're a real whiz kid, aren't you?
"Don't Think Twice It's Alright"
I started college in DC in 1975 as the Metro was preparing to open the Red Line. Lots of construction on campus (GWU) for the Blue Line, which opened in 1977.
I always loved riding the Metro while I was in school (great way to get to National Airport or Union Station).
Good point about provosts having the time to do this. But what if they start using technology (say, AI with voice recognition) to review the recordings and flag certain trigger words? Or maybe they create a new administrative position to monitor classroom speech? Frightening.
Right? I'd rather put up with whiny woke social justice warriors than nasty, hateful racists and misogynists. And for all the talk of antisemitism on the left, there's a lot more among extremists on the right.
The both sideism is ridiculous. Democrats may be pushed to become more progressive by forces in the party, but very few have abandoned their principles to embrace extremism, and they haven't surrendered their responsibilities in service of a cult of personality.
Unlike Wawa customers, Sheetz customers are not a cult.
Amazing he could write about the layoff with such a sense of humor.
Good suggestions about splitting big-money sports from the educational side of universities. But what about sports that don't generate revenue? Will the schools support them with money earned from the "semi-pro" sports?
One time we tried to revise the academic calendar, an undertaking fraught with peril. In a meeting with three faculty reps, one wanted the fall semester to start later, one wanted it to end earlier, and one wanted more class meeting times. It was my fault I couldn't make it happen.
As a higher ed admin (though not at a dean level) I've dealt with this hostility for 40 years. As a registrar, I had regular attacks from faculty when I tried to enforce policies and procedures that they created through shared governance or collective bargaining.
Another thoughtful column by @deandad.bsky.social .
When he observes "...that many policymakers see community colleges as workforce training centers and nothing else," we should note that many officials see all of higher ed this way.
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
I read a few reviews and was surprised that no one mentioned the similarity to Northern Exposure.
Great reflections on Cory Doctorow's book Enshittification by @deandad.bsky.social.
"Lower the barriers to entry and make platforms vulnerable to real competition. That would force platforms to compete on value and usefulness rather than inertia."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
Compared to auteurs, many actors who become directors (Reiner, Ron Howard, Clint Eastwood) seem to tackle a variety of themes and genres in their films. It makes their work much more interesting to me.
He may have been trying to show that other indicators (HS GPA, standard test scores) didn't predict as well as the student's performance in their first year at college. But still a "duh" conclusion.
Reminds me of a paper by my associate provost back when I was a registrar. He essentially found that the best predictor of success in college was how well a student did in college.
@stevebenen.com What's going on with MaddowBlog on the new MS NOW website? I used to enjoy scrolling through the posts, but now the next and previous links at the end take me to different opinion authors. Nothing against them, but I want my MaddowBlog!
Great line:
"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
But in the case of this administration, "plan" may be too generous.
Don't forget the magnets.
Frighteningly accurate (and funny).
"...and an app for lodging complaints about our apps."
It's so nice to hear a measured, reasoned opinion amid all these critics blasting Senate Dems. Really, what did they think the endgame would be? Thune and Johnson capitulating? Even if they wanted to, Trump would never let them.
There are so many infuriating and discouraging things happening with this administration, but the enshittification of the White House should not be overlooked. From the tawdry gold decor to the paving over of the Rose Garden, he is just trashing the place.
