I was reading a piece about the āBig Danceā and how important it is to a university.Ā For the uninitiated few, the Big Dance is the annual NCAA basketball tournament that some feel will boost college enrollments, solve fiscal problems,ā¦
When selling my house a few years ago, bankers refused to underwrite a loan to an individual because he did not appear to have the ability to carry the note successfully.Ā Too bad there are not more discriminating bankers who,ā¦
Ā Clarion-calls for rights of every stripe fill the air on our university campuses across the nation.Ā This is as it should be.Ā There are those demanding the rights for the pregnant mother, and rights for the unborn, rights forā¦
For many, these three letters may spell something that happens in front of an audience or television camera.Ā For millions of high school graduates seeking entrance to a university, they are the bane of their existence in the transition betweenā¦
In the study of architecture at any university there are always a few courses on professional practice.Ā They are required by accrediting agencies, but that burden is of little consequence.Ā Ā Practitioners want the discipline to flourish; therefore standards of behaviorā¦
Reverse transfer is the growing phenomenon of students leaving a four-year institution, like our university, and going to community colleges.Ā This is called reverse transfer because; when community colleges were initially established the purpose was for technical training, adult education,ā¦
The struggles of a university are not the subject of these thoughts. That would be too easy. The struggles are many, not unique, frequently self-inflicted, and reflective of the environment. Universities are members of a family of similar institutions.Ā Theā¦
I have previously commented on the various ways that families can reduce the cost of attending university.Ā In my own case, I attended a community college and completed my AAS degree earning 70 hoursā¦ almost all of which transferred toā¦
