A New Memorial Union at UND
I was pretty interested in the recent vote to fund the construction of a new Memorial Union on the campus of the University of North ..
6 years ago
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Humanities in the Age of Austerity: A Case Study from UND
I finally submitted my little article on the humanities in the age of austerity that uses the University of North Dakota as a case study. ..
6 years ago
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A Couple of Thoughts on the ASOR Annual Meeting
Institutions, particularly academic institutions, are slow to change. In most cases, this is a good thing. After all, universities and colleges ..
6 years ago
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How to Rate Research: A Strange Little Proposal
This weekend, I got to thinking about how scholars in the humanities might rate their research productivity and quality. This line of thinking ..
7 years ago
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NDQuesday: The Humanities in Age of Austerity: A Case Study from the University of North Dakota (Complete Draft)
Four weeks ago, I started writing my contribution to the North Dakota Quarterly special issue dedicated to Humanities in the Age of Austerity. ..
7 years ago
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Higher Education: As Simple as Possible, but No Simpler
I think it was Einstein who said “everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Books on higher education ..
7 years ago
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Math Labs and Jotted Scribblings
The ground floor of O’Kelly Hall on the lovely campus of the University of North Dakota is getting a well deserved upgrade. For those ..
7 years ago
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Uberfication, Branding, and Competition
For this week’s reading in my graduate seminar on the history of higher education, I asked the students to read Gary Hall’s ..
7 years ago
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Teaching Tuesday: Writing a Course Description for my Class on the UND Budget Cuts
This weekend, I put fingers to keyboard to produce a course description for my honors course in the 2015-2017 University of North Dakota ..
7 years ago
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College, Commercialism, and the Common Good
This weekend I finished Charles Dorn’s For the Common Good: A New History of Higher Education in America (2017) which I had assigned ..
7 years ago
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Defending History: The Graduates’ Manifesto
I am really excited to share Defending History: The Graduates’ Manifesto with the world. This small book emerged over the course of my graduate ..
8 years ago
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Teaching the UND Budget Cuts
As readers of this blog know, I’ve been posting my occasional thoughts about the budget cuts at the University of North Dakota. Most ..
8 years ago
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Speaking of Universities
One good thing about traveling is (especially on “smaller regional jets”) is the opportunity to read. The seats and tray tables ..
8 years ago
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The University of North Dakota Budget Crisis in the Classroom
At a meeting a week before spring break, one of the student representatives expressed concern about the University of North Dakota budget ..
8 years ago
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