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Here is Your Award, Now Get Out
I believe that the academic equivalent of the pizza party for office workers is the Employee Appreciation Awards. At first glance, the concept sounds nice and recognizes the hard work we put in every day. If nothing else, it’s an… Continue reading
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Our Academic Cabinet is Bare
After my latest campus visit, I returned to find a massive shakeup in the academic cabinet at Romulus University. Life seems to work that way. You leave home base for a brief moment, and everything changes. It’s like when you… Continue reading
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Did They Get Their Questions From Guantanamo?
Since I am back on the job market, I have been fielding many interviews. As of this writing, I have had 15 interviews with schools of various sizes. By and large, I am encountering similar questions at every institution. Most… Continue reading
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Now We Have a Color Code for This?
I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that I will be writing about our school’s parking problems again. The good news is that this should be the last time I ever have to write… Continue reading
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What is this Elitist Mindset?
After several interviews and campus visits with potential suitors for my services, I have reached a worrying conclusion about my fellow faculty. It was something that I originally thought was limited to the cultures I experienced at Remus and Romulus,… Continue reading
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My Concern for the “Utes”
For once, I am not going to complain about the leadership at Romulus College. You could call it a red-letter day for all I care, because I so rarely do not focus on incompetent leadership. This article addresses another concern… Continue reading
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Concrete Proof That We Have No Idea What We Are Doing.
It is time for another thrilling edition of Painting the Roses Red at Romulus University. The series where I look at the absurd ideas our administration is concocting to make our institution look good, even though there are several areas… Continue reading
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Am I in The Middle of Downfall?
Regardless of your opinion of the movie Downfall, it sheds light on the last days of the administration that ran the Third Reich. You are watching people who know that the inevitable is upon them as the Soviet Army is… Continue reading
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An Athletic Club With An Educational Annex
There is a sketch from Saturday Night Live in which a football player, played by John Cena, is taking his final exam in a science class. While the other students present work appropriate to the course, Cena has several bananas… Continue reading
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Signs. Signs. Everywhere There Are Signs.
If you even casually peruse article headlines about higher education, it should come as no surprise that most of these stories discuss the current aptitude of students. The way a lot of these articles read makes me think that their… Continue reading
Failing Upwards 