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A Point Worth Acknowledging — Minding The Campus
11+ hour, 51+ min ago (882+ words) Image: "Looking Toward Mrak Hall" by Peter Alfred Hess on Flickr Editor's Note:The following article was originally published by theCollege Fixon January 14, 2026. With edits to match Minding the Campus's style guidelines, it is crossposted here with permission. A University…...
No Standards, Just Vibes — Minding The Campus
13+ hour, 17+ min ago (431+ words) Image by osmar01 on Adobe; Asset ID#: 612976670 In 2020, I wrote a piece for Minding the Campus that examined the state of music education in the country, particularly as it was affected by online learning. Since then, music education has changed in…...
Back to the Basics — Minding The Campus
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (508+ words) Image by " " on Adobe; Asset ID#: 1661593012 The University of California, San Diego's Senate'Administration Workgroup on Admissions (SAWG) recently published a report revealing large gaps in college students' math proficiency. UCSD faculty found that incoming college freshmen's need for remedial math…...
Where Did All the Good Students Go? — Minding The Campus
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (148+ words) Image by Jacob Lund on Adobe Stock; Asset ID#: 225712080 However, that began to change in the Fall of 2021. Nor, apparently, was the fall semester an anomaly. As we approach the beginning of spring semester, my two on-campus classes are struggling…...
Notes from a Night Train
1+ week, 6+ day ago (100+ words) Image: "BB 1144 122 at Graz Hbf being coupled to the consist of EuroNight 464 "Z'richsee" to Z'rich HB" by NAC on Wikimedia Commons I"ve never closed a year quite like this. Rattling through Europe in the dark invites reflection on a…...