Recently I wrote a note to my division about the importance of professionalism and some ways they could do a more professional job. Perhaps these things will be of benefit to you or people you work with in your job. Some Semester End Thoughts on Professionalism This has been a really complicated semester in aContinue reading “Some Semester End Thoughts on Professionalism”
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So, you don’t have any children?
Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honor for me. ~ A P J Abdul Kalam So tonight a cross-list between two of my blogs, The Ministry of Happiness and Higher EdContinue reading “So, you don’t have any children?”
The Higher Ed Mental Health Crisis
There is no health without mental health; mental health is too important to be left to the professionals alone, and mental health is everyone’s business. ~ Vikram Patel Let’s set the background, first in America, according to a piece in Time Magazine: Suicide rates have risen by about 30% since 2000. Almost a third ofContinue reading “The Higher Ed Mental Health Crisis”
An Introduction to ChatGPT in Education
By their very nature, heuristic shortcuts will produce biases, and that is true for both humans and artificial intelligence, but the heuristics of AI are not necessarily the human ones. ~ Daniel Kahneman Introduction to ChatGPT in Education ChatGPT is an advanced conversational AI powered by the GPT-3.5 architecture developed by OpenAI. It has beenContinue reading “An Introduction to ChatGPT in Education”
A Happy Student Loan Monday
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. ~ Benjamin Franklin Today I also wrote a post on my other blog, the Ministry of Happiness with the same title, A Happy Student Loan Monday. That post is a discussion of my own personal journey with student loans. Today, 41 years after I took my firstContinue reading “A Happy Student Loan Monday”
Great idea, the answer is no!
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower. ~ Steve Jobs Last week I was having a discussion on campus with a young director. We were talking about the normal madness we all face on our campuses and somehow got around to programs and I mentioned some past programs I’d created. He got a littleContinue reading “Great idea, the answer is no!”
The Fallacy of Legacy
We enter a career in higher education to help students. Most of us start as instructors and we have that wonderful opportunity to be in a classroom helping people understand something they previously didn’t. I’ve always called them the lightbulb moments, those moments when you see that look of confusion transition into the light ofContinue reading “The Fallacy of Legacy”
The truth about student loans
Don’t go through life, grow through life. ~ Eric Butterworth There’s a lot of shouting these days about how college isn’t worth it. I’ve recently written a piece entitled, Is college still worth it, to address this question. But a lot of the shouting around education these days has to do with student loan debt.Continue reading “The truth about student loans”
Beware of Normalcy Theater
Tonight I want to talk about something I’m calling normalcy theater, it’s me co-opting the term security theater so let’s start by defining what that term means. Security theater, as explained by Bruce Schneier on CNN, is both a feeling and a reality. The propensity for security theater comes from the interplay between the publicContinue reading “Beware of Normalcy Theater”
The Hardest Semester of Your Career Fall 2021
Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe. ~ Sumner Redstone Welcome to the Fall 2021 semester, one I’m sure will almost certainly be the most challenging semester of your career. I know, you’re shaking your head for one of two reasons. Either youContinue reading “The Hardest Semester of Your Career Fall 2021”
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