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Why a Sabbatical to India that is a Fulbright
The thought of applying for a Fulbright is a fun, but time-consuming, exercise. Where in the world would you like to go that will advance your research agenda? One mistake colleagues make when they...
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Higher Education in Hong Kong
Hong Kong University For the last month I have been in residence as a Fellow at the University of Hong Kong. The Fellowship is a three-year interdisciplinary arrangement where I am in residence. My...
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Summing Up – I
I’ve been doing this blog for over half a decade. At some point what was irregular in the writing of it, became regular; rather than write a blog every now and then we put out a blog a day. Various...
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Summing Up II
I noticed a few weeks back that Marquette University, to its considerable credit, has raised its minimum wage for workers to $16.00/hour. I weighed in on this last year and suggested that USC do...
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Summing Up III
There is certainly still a lot to write about: Just recently I saw Happy Valley which is a documentary about the Sandusky Case at Penn State University (tragically illuminating). I just finished...
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India, Part One – The Beginning: Passage to More than India
“How much to National University?” “100 rupees.” “That’s too much. I paid 50 yesterday.” “80 rupees.” “60!” “80!” “70.” “Get in.” A variation of that conversation begins and ends my days as I go back...
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India Part One – The Beginning: India’s Beef
This guy ran after us to return proper change. In late September in a town about 40 kilometers from Delhi, a place that has had a mixed Hindu and Muslim population for decades, a rumor began that...
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India, Part One – The Beginning: Delhi Forty Years On
Ruins of Dehli Sultans – Haus Khas (Written by Barry H. Weiss) Delhi-wallahs describe their city as “organized chaos.” Indeed, they say that about all of India. I was lucky enough to come through here...
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India, Part One – The Beginning: Higher Education and Cricket
Our Young Neighbors Playing Cricket A generation or so ago, it was relatively easy to understand a country’s system of higher education. Most countries had a publicly funded national system of higher...
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India Part One – The Beginning: Indian Higher Education’s Half-Full Glass
Our second floor flat I had the opportunity recently to review the applications of Indian academics who have applied for Fulbrights to the United States. It was one of those fun, time-consuming...
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