I can understand the public’s misconception about tenure. There are times I have doubts about whether it has outlived its usefulness. There are times I feel uncomfortable having what seems at a quick glance a life-time guarantee of a job without any accountability of performance in a time of such economic drastic and rapid change, [...]
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It has been a bit of a challenge all day wrestling with a profound question thrown at me this morning by a non-traditional student the answer to which I promised for tomorrow. He and I had been sitting in the hallway, sucking on some Tootsie Pops, engaging in one of those reviewing and reflective “end [...]
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Good morning. As I sit here sipping a cup of freshly brewed coffee, I have this strange feeling about me, almost a tingling, as if I am surrounded by an invisible, electrifying aurora of a spiritual St. Elmo’s fire. It was an indescribable walk this morning in the brisk, chilly, crystal-clear blackness. It seemed especially [...]
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