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Law school "denaming" sparks donor debacle

Confessions of a Community College Dean

He also donated over $35,000 to the law school—a substantial sum at the time—and gave more to the university throughout his life. “We had ancestors who cared deeply for this school, and we think it has gone off the deep end.” ” “It’s not all about the money,” he said.

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Is Poetry Dying?

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Blog: Higher Ed Gamma A freshman dormmate won the Pulitzer Prize in poetry nearly a decade ago. The share of adults who said that they had read a poem (not plural) not for school or work, 12 percent in 2017, was nearly a third less than in 1992. His book sold, according to the last count that I saw, 353 copies. Eliot touch a nerve?

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