Visiting the University of the Bahamas!
06.03.2026 18:13
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Visiting the University of the Bahamas!
We've come to this. 53% of American adults describe the morality and ethics of their fellow citizens as “bad” (somewhat bad or very bad). In the 24 other countries polled by Pew Research Center, most people said other residents there are somewhat good or good.
“However, difficult the combat, you never will decline it when freedom is the prize. . . . I know you will not turn your faces from your foes, but will, undauntedly, press forward, until tyranny is trodden under foot.”
There have been some victories in the resistance to the Federal government's attempts to have its political ideology replace the independence and core mission of colleges and universities. As in all things, complacency is our enemy. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
Out of state enrollments are good for public higher education, because they bring in needed revenue and help make in-state students less provincial.
Resistance to science is nothing new. Nicolaus Copernicus's book De revolutionibus orbium coelestium was banned by the Catholic Church today in 1616.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_revo...
“You don't have anything
if you don't have the stories.”
Happy birthday to poet Leslie Marmon Silko, often considered part of the "Native American Renaissance" in the arts.
scholarblogs.emory.edu/postcolonial...
"With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in." Lincoln's Bible-based secular sermon called the Second Inaugural was delivered on this day in 1865.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham...
On this day in 1873, after the re-election of Ulysses S. Grant with a landslide victory. Grant invited Black people to the inaugural ball for the first time in American history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...
Professions currently excluded include nursing, physician assistance, audiology, physical therapy, public health, social work, architecture, accounting and special education.
www.highereddive.com/news/educati...
More and more attempts to insert political ideology and unfounded theories keep emerging. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/04/u...
The bar for tenure and promotion is higher for faculty from marginalized groups.
Large-scale women donors aren't expecting what their male counterparts have expected. They just give the money without strings, on the expectation that the recipient knows best how to spend it to achieve the mission and without expecting much recognition. www.forbes.com/sites/timaba...
There isn't likely an increase in students in need, it's an increase in the number of students who come forward, of institutions that are seeing them, and of institutions committing to their success. A few may "game the system," as is always the case with any system.
When the Federal government retreats, many institutions step up. Not all have the scale and resources to do so, but those that can will meet as much of the need as possible.
Congratulations to Methodist University for seeing a community need as an institutional opportunity.
Happy 64th birthday to Olympic track and field gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_...
Today in 1903 the Immigration Act of 1903 was signed into law. It codified previous immigration law, and added four inadmissible classes: anarchists, people with epilepsy, beggars, and importers of prostitutes.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigra...
“Strategy points you to the goal
Relentless tactical execution gets you to the goal
Keep the tactics simple and focused
Tactical execution needs to be managed at the highest level — you can’t delegate success”
thinkgrowth.org/strategy-fir...
Today in 1955, in Montgomery, AL, 15 year old Claudette Colvin refused to move to the back of the bus and give up her seat to a white person — nine months before Rosa Parks did the very same thing. She died this January at age 86.
"Metaphors play a crucial role. When an organization is depicted as a ship navigating rough seas, a team climbing toward a summit, or a machine being upgraded for the future, strategy becomes tangible." hbr.org/2026/02/your...
A good list of the key trends changing how colleges and universities recruit and select aspiring students. All are very real and their implications not clear. My favorite is "3. The Diversity Dilemma: Life After Affirmative Action."
You can't wait until the risks are all known or mitigated. That day won't come. Dartmouth College sees enough opportunity in full immersion with AI that it is willing to take a few risks.
You've heard the myth of the "DEI hire." How about the reality of deciding, on your own, that a Black female candidate is overqualified and therefore should not be hired or promoted?
“Even when campuses follow protocols and the law, that doesn’t mean immigration officers will do so.”
Three pieces of good advice for the executive working with the board. My favorite is "start with effective onboarding."
www.philanthropy.com/solutions/bu...
The current Federal administration believes in deregulation of all industries with the exception of education, where it wants to exert extraordinary levels of control.
