As I head east today in the same little 2013 clown car that brought me out here exactly a decade ago, I wanted to share some final thoughts about the 2025 program cuts. The last three things tacked to the… Read moreLetting Go is Growth

As promised, a separate post on all the capital spending projects at NU. Of all the things the independent financial report from October 2025 included, possibly the least sexy was that NU’s bond rating is in the top 8% of… Read moreI Got Fired for a Bond Rating?!

The third week of June was a busy one here in NU-land. A quick round-up of NU-news includes: CEHS Left Twisting in the Wind, Again CEHS Dean Reese announced that having two of his seven departments cut this year was… Read moreNU-News Roundup Week of June 15th

Today, department chairs in CEHS started letting faculty know that there would be a 3% merit increase this year. After no pay increase at all last year, this is surely welcome news. A friend in CEHS expressed their surprise to… Read moreRobbing Peter to Pay Paul

For the second time in as many weeks, I spent some time cleaning out my office on campus. I’ve been hindered by the capacity of the three paper recycling bins on the first floor of TEAC and by my own… Read moreDismantling a Department and an Identity

UNL and the AAU Today, we’re skipping our normal finals grading procrastin-baking for a deep dive into UNL and the AAU. That is, the American Association of Universities (no relation to the AAUP).  The AAU is an invitation-only member organization… Read moreChasing AAU

Last Friday, I cried my way through another Ed.D. dissertation presentation. Fifty-something 5th-grade students in Central Nebraska are now reading chapter books paired with non-fiction science and social studies texts. Teachers reported that students now want to read. The principal,… Read moreReflections on a Program Closure: The EDAD Ed.D.

You may not know this, but I was an early childhood teacher. Put on your listening ears was something you might find yourself saying to a five-year-old with great frequency, but today, I guess we all need to tell Gold… Read moreSomeone Left Their Listening Ears at Home

Yesterday’s listening session started with a lot of talk from President Gold and Interim Chancellor Ankerson. So much so, that I turned to a friend and said, should I stand up behind this student so they get the message that… Read moreTownhall Does Little to Rebuild Trust

My third New Year’s resolution is to remind President Jeff Gold that he is the NU system President and not the uberchancellor of UNMC. To that end, I plan to attend the January 9th BOR meeting and speak out against… Read moreNew Years Resolutions with AAUP- Pt 3