The Great Dysfunction as Product of the Academy

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January, 2014 Washington -- As the Great Recession continues to be drawn out by the Great Dysfunction in the nation's legislative bran...

More Transparency Needed in Higher Education Audits

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January, 2014 Washington -- In the last post , I discussed the need for more transparency in colleges' enrollment management offices. ...

Criteria for Merit Aid

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January, 2014 Washington -- While the President was hosting college presidents this week in a high-profile session at the White House, tr...

Prairie Lists from 2013

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January, 2014 Lincoln -- Construction of the barn on our North prairie was finished early in 2013. The barn attracted many guests during ...

New Berlin Acquaintances

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January, 2014 Berlin -- Over three consecutive days in December I made the acquaintance of three engaging people in Berlin. One had been ...

Under-reported Surveillance Issues

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December, 2013 Berlin -- German press coverage of NSA surveillance issues differs from U.S. press coverage in two ways that deserve more a...

Time to Come Out of the Shadows

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December, 2013 Berlin -- A few days ago I lunched in Berlin with several Americans who have long lived in this city. Forty years ago, som...

Troubled Colleges: Become an Experimental Site

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December, 2013 Washington -- Many colleges are discovering that the high tuition, high (merit) aid, high student-debt model of enrollment ...

Compromising the Extension Service

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November, 2013 Lincoln -- As a former 4-H Club member, I've always been a supporter of cooperative extension programs in agriculture. ...

"George Norris, Going Home"

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November, 2013 Lincoln -- Gene Budig and Don Walton have finally published a book they started over fifty years ago: George Norris, Going...