For departments, colleges, and universities going through a strategic planning process, it is important to make sure that the work we do...

Wherever you may end up in higher education, unless it is one of the more entrepreneurial/for profit institutions, you will encounter...

This week I started studying the colleges and universities that have closed since 2015. It has been a sobering exercise. If you’ve...

At my institution, we are currently having a curricular debate regarding the notion of life calling. Helping students discern their life...

Ephesians 4: 25 & 26, 31 & 32 25. Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are...

A tenured full professor refuses to add a key program assessment to her course. An associate professor stands in the way of a program...

My relationship with “curriculum” began in the 1990s. It was at the end of my licensure coursework in educational administration that I...

Finally, the fourth of four entries about academic martyrdom – and the one I’ve been the least eager to write. Having spent so many years...

As I have attempted to put thoughts to paper about martyrdom, faces and various scenes have flashed before me: a sorority sister who...

Universities are breeding grounds for martyrdom. More than other organizations, universities create conditions through which individuals...