BY MARTIN KICH One of my most widely read posts to this blog has addressed the difficulty not only in visualizing a million, a billion, and a trillion dollars but also in conceptualizing the great …
Month: May 2020
An Interest, Scholarly and Otherwise, in Rare Photos
BY MARTIN KICH The publication of a new biography of the legendary bluesman Robert Johnson, Brother Robert: Growing Up with Robert Johnson, written by his now elderly “step-sister,” Annye Anderson,…
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United against Hate
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Going through the Motions Is Almost Worse than Doing Nothing at All
BY MARTIN KICH Empty Exercises in Planning without Much Meaningful Preparation Francois Furstenberg, a Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, has written an article for the Chronicle of …
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Some Not Entirely Random Observations
BY MARTIN KICH Everyone gives lip-service to the primacy of instruction in institutional missions, but the first place where administrators and boards look for “savings” is almost always instructio…
Newest Polling on Reopening College Campuses in the Fall
BY MARTIN KICH Writing for Politico, Juan Perez has reported the results of a poll conducted by the magazine in collaboration with Morning Consult: Forty-one percent of Americans said it’s a bad id…
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Tom Hanks Delivers Virtual Commencement Address to Wright State Graduates
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH This was a very nice surprise for our graduates and a very nice moment in the very uneven recent history of our university. I’m here to say congratulations. Congratulations to…
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So We All Have to Be “Dumbasses” Now
BY MARTIN KICH This is the lead item in a news item from the Far-Right media site World Net Daily: If you cannot read the line right before “Read More,” it says: “Finally someone …
Why Big-Time College Football Is Likely on the Verge of Becoming Sears
BY MARTIN KICH This item appeared in yesterday’s Morning Education newsletter from Politico: NCAA LOSES ANTITRUST LAWSUIT: The unanimous decision from three judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of …
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Our Classrooms and Our Campuses Are Petri Dishes
POSTED BY MARTIN KICH In my previous post, I tried to point toward some light in the midst of all of the darkness by highlighting some evidence of the continuing economic value of having a college …
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