BY SUZANNA DANUTA WALTERS I recently received a curious email from my dean querying $300 I submitted for an Amtrak fare. While she also sent this message to my program manager, I decided to respond directly to her in the spirit of both relieving an overburdened staff member and to question the dean’s decision to…
BY BRIAN C. MITCHELL Many of us in higher education have long been proponents of “laboratory” initiatives in the humanities, social sciences, professional and graduate programs that translate academic learning into real world experience. These initiatives serve a variety of purposes. They make critical inquiry more pragmatic. Most colleges and universities build their academic program…