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In the 1995 movie Higher Learning, directed by John Singleton and based on a fictional university, a college freshman played by Michael Rappaport is befriended by a group of skinheads. In the course of the movie, it made sense. The Rappaport character had moved to Los Angeles from Idaho and was having a hard timeContinue reading “The Male Loneliness Epidemic and Extremeism”

The Years That Matter Most: How College Makes or Breaks us by Paul Tough If you are reading this, you are likely college-educated. You applied for, were accepted by, and attended a college for some period at some point in your life. I also assume most of you graduated from college. I cannot be sureContinue reading “1000ish Words”

The New Geography of Jobs by Enrico Moretti What will the future economy look like, and what factors will dictate that future? The central question raised in Enrico Moretti’s 2013 book, The New Geography of Jobs, is the future economy. Moretti is an economist from Cal-Berkley, and he has made his living looking at non-traditionalContinue reading “1,000ish Words”

The Soundtrack of My Life What is the soundtrack to your life? That is a question I have been asking myself for some time. Music is at the center of my life in terms of both emotional connection and hobby-level fascination. Over the course of my life, I suspect I have listened to 3,000 orContinue reading “The Soundtrack of my Life”

I know I am not alone. I know I am not unique. I know I am by far and away a lucky person. I am not trying to garner pity or sympathy. But. I am tired. I am frustrated. I am often sad. I am anxious. I am scatterbrained. I am confused. I am somber.Continue reading “We have no horizon”

This fall marks my 20th year of teaching a college course. I began teaching in the fall of 2001 with a Introduction to College Course entitled SFA 101 and I have been teaching ever since. I have taught courses on college preparedness, policy in higher education, organization and administration in higher education, leadership studies, andContinue reading “Meditations on Teaching”

I am going to say it loud and say it proud, I love college athletics! Love em’! And I don’t mean I love them in a passive or nostalgic way. I mean the majority of my favorite memories are tied to college athletics. A few examples: I fell in love with being a college studentContinue reading “My Uneasy Relationship with College Athletics”