The accrediting team evaluating one of our extension sites for degree-granting status asked me, "How do you relate your development function to student learning outcomes?" You mean other than finding people who love to give scholarships so students...

I took away from this  seminar that African-American donors will hold us accountable to many of the same standards as other donors, but more stringently. If African-American possible donors see themselves in our fundraising materials, and if they are...

The University of Kentucky has its hands full with a naming opportunity. This is the kind of diplomatic challenge that makes administrative work so engaging. Joe Craft, who gave the naming gift for the basketball practice facility at UK, has worked...

The chancellor of the Texas A&M system, Michael McKinney, is indignant that the former president of the flagship campus, Elsa Murano, conducted a real search for a cabinet level officer. The chancellor blames the ex-president for not keeping her word...

Almost two weeks ago, I promised a further post on Gaye Tuchman's Wannabe U, and I have worked over a draft much of that time. I'm not sure it's worthwhile to continue stewing about it. Perhaps it's the fact that I'm in the administration now and...