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JLH
Lake Oswego, Oregon
University professor who has taught both nationally and internationally.
Interests: Writing, reading, motivating, living life fully.
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THE TIME TO END
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This is the 200th post I have written for this blog. And therefore it seems a good time to end...or at least to take a long recess. I have written... Continue reading
Posted Mar 5, 2015 at We The Professors
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THE ABOMINABLE UNFAIRNESS OF ALLOWING DEBT
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Millions of college and university students in the United States are being pushed into incredible debt through student loans and other types of financial aid. Not just debt that lasts... Continue reading
Posted Mar 2, 2015 at We The Professors
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STORYTELLING: THE PROFESSOR’S ANGLE
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People say (I know, never start out by saying people say, but nevertheless, people say…and yes, I could document the people) that many new faculty enter classrooms being a bit... Continue reading
Posted Feb 26, 2015 at We The Professors
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STORYTELLING: A FURTHER ANGLE
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I have written before in this blog about the power of storytelling. And each year as I watch the Academy Award presentation show (as I did last Sunday evening) I... Continue reading
Posted Feb 23, 2015 at We The Professors
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SHARE AND SHARE AGAIN
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In his wonderful new book titled “What to Do When It’s Your Turn” Seth Godin writes: “Many powerful organizations fear a truth-teller. They work hard to avoid being confronted by... Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2015 at We The Professors
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A DAY, A WEEK, A MONTH, A YEAR…A START
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What if there could be a worldwide higher education re-imagination day? On this day every college and university on the planet would individually sit down and brainstorm, discuss, debate, argue... Continue reading
Posted Feb 16, 2015 at We The Professors
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CHANGE
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"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."... Continue reading
Posted Feb 12, 2015 at We The Professors
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TESTS DON’T MEASURE WHAT REALLY MATTERS
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Came across a list recently on this site that shows personal qualities not measured by tests. It’s a brilliant set of qualities that every professor should know, should post, should... Continue reading
Posted Feb 9, 2015 at We The Professors
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READING AND MORE READING
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Remember when the Harry Potter books came out? Kids young and old and older were lined up to get them and to read them. They were a phenomenon like no... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2015 at We The Professors
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DISCUSSION, DIALOGUE, QUESTIONS, READINGS AND BEGINNINGS
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Often faculty have the problem of simply not being able to begin a meaningful discussion in a class. Where do you start? Do you call on students? Do you ask... Continue reading
Posted Feb 2, 2015 at We The Professors
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THERE’S NO BUSINESS LIKE…
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I’ve felt over the past month or so that there seem to be too many posts in this blog that might infer that teaching in higher education is not a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2015 at We The Professors
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CHOOSING COURSES THE WAY THEY OUGHT TO BE CHOSEN
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Too many students choose courses by teacher rather than by interest or content. “If Dr. Smith teaches the course I will not take that course no matter how much I... Continue reading
Posted Jan 26, 2015 at We The Professors
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REBOOT
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When the beginning of the semester begins to mentally feel like the end of the semester, maybe it's time for a career reboot. A teacher shouldn’t be a teacher without... Continue reading
Posted Jan 22, 2015 at We The Professors
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GIVE A DAMN OR GET OUT
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Once upon a time (in 1999) there was a film titled “Galaxy Quest.” And one of the catch phrases in the film was “Never Give Up, Never Surrender.” Unfortunately, some... Continue reading
Posted Jan 19, 2015 at We The Professors
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SETTING THE HIGHEST EXPECTATIONS
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The beginning of a semester is a time for every professor to make a statement about the quality and the expectations of his/her academic program and the specific course the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 15, 2015 at We The Professors
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PROFESSIONALISM
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When a professional golfer enters a tournament, he always begins with the expectation of winning. When a professional bowler competes, he always begins with the expectation of rolling a 300... Continue reading
Posted Jan 12, 2015 at We The Professors
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WILDEST DREAMS
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I have written before about the first day of a course. I do not believe in going over the syllabus. I often do not even believe in discussing the topic... Continue reading
Posted Jan 8, 2015 at We The Professors
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THROW AWAY THE MANUAL, CREATE A WHOLE NEW MODEL
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Maybe it’s time. Time to throw away the manual on higher education and rewrite how we teach and why we teach all the things we teach. Time to recreate the... Continue reading
Posted Jan 5, 2015 at We The Professors
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DREAM DIFFERENT
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.” --Henry Ford-- Be a professor who embraces your ability to be willing to change what... Continue reading
Posted Jan 1, 2015 at We The Professors
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NO NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS
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I won’t. I won’t. I absolutely won’t do New Year’s resolutions for professors. No one other than the professor herself should write personal resolutions. And New Year’s resolutions for professors... Continue reading
Posted Dec 29, 2014 at We The Professors
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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT
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Yes, it’s the holiday season no matter what country you are living in. And often that means a holiday respite from grading and classes and meetings and all-things-academic. And that’s... Continue reading
Posted Dec 22, 2014 at We The Professors
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MISCELLANEOUS COMPENDIUM OF OPINIONS
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Creativity is a form of knowledge. Creativity cannot be evaluated by a grade, only encouraged by a teacher/mentor. Do not penalize the creative student for your own lack of creative... Continue reading
Posted Dec 18, 2014 at We The Professors
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WHERE ARE THE HEROES?
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Albert Einstein is known for his extraordinary work in quantum physics. Winston Churchill was a great orator. Daniel Day-Lewis is a great actor. Michael Jordan was one of the greatest... Continue reading
Posted Dec 15, 2014 at We The Professors
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BOOKS FOR THE SEASON
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Yes, once again it’s the holiday season. Below are three books that would be excellent gifts to yourself or to others. Two of them are specifically about education. The third... Continue reading
Posted Dec 11, 2014 at We The Professors
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TRUTHS AND VALUES: THE HEART OF A TEACHER
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"Vocation does not mean a goal that I pursue. It means a calling that I hear. Before I can tell my life what I want to do with it, I... Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2014 at We The Professors
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