Ask any two managers precisely what they mean by ‘staff’, or ‘decentralization,’ or ‘budget.’ The differences in interpretation will make communication difficult. If we are to develop professional practices of management work, semantics requires first attention.
~ Louis A. Allen
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via The New York Times:
David Leonhardt: ‘By the Time Trump Comes for Your University, It’s Probably Too Late’
by David Leonhardt and Patrick Healy
published on March 27, 2025
Pull Quote:
“American higher education is the strongest higher education sector in the world and it’s not particularly close. You can look at rankings of the world’s top universities — many of which are produced by people outside the United States — and U.S. universities dominate them.”
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The endless cycle of idea and action, endless invention, endless experiment, brings knowledge of motion, but not of stillness; Knowledge of speech, but not of silence; Knowledge of words, and ignorance of the word.
~ T.S. Eliot
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Marie Gluesenkamp Perez — who represents Washington State’s 3rd district in the United States Congress — was born on this day — June 4, 1988 — in Harris County, Texas.
Representative Gluesenkamp Perez attended both Warren Wilson College and Reed College – where she earned a degree in Economics. She lives in Skamania County, Washington.
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Through the burgeoning university network, it was suddenly possible to think of oneself as a national poet, even if the nation turned out to consist entirely of English departments.
~ Wilfrid Sheed
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One must say Yes to life, and embrace it wherever it is found – and it is found in terrible places.
~ James Baldwin
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Why is Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland set to break electoral records?
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