Learning Curve In a meeting a few days ago, someone asked me how long I have been at Keene State College. Just over five years, I said. Usually when I tell people that they say it feels like longer (I… Read More
It’s Just a T-Shirt
I am thinking a lot these days about conversations on campuses around “free speech,” civil discourse, and the daily challenges of living in a small campus community. Three events have really focused my attention in the past two weeks. Last… Read More
Books, Reading, & Wallpaper
By late morning on Saturday, I had already seen a column written in The Atlantic by Dan Cohen (Northeastern U., formerly of DPLA) tweeted and posted on Facebook several times. The title was likely created to elicit gasps of horror… Read More
Learning Analytics, Surveillance, Student Success, and the Library
In my role as the library dean I have already been engaged with data-driven student success initiatives. We are still working to implement use of EAB on our campus. The company offers a set of tools that can track grades… Read More
Those Were the Days
I finished a novel this week that I have been thinking about a lot. If you haven’t read “The Great Believers” by Rebecca Makkai, put it on your list. The stories are set in Chicago between 1985-1990 and Paris in… Read More
Out of the Mouths of Undergraduates
“we learned that the work of biblical scholarship is not merely to say that any interpretation is correct or plausible, but rather to demonstrate how a particular interpretation is supported by history, culture, other documents, or exegesis” “just about everything… Read More