The culture in institutions of higher education is different from that in the business world, the general non-profit world, and government. What makes it unique? How does it vary from institution to institution, from discipline to discipline? What value does it bring? What challenges?
A New Mission
We’ve been pondering the question: Is academia worth it? It’s because of deadlines and emails accumulating until there’s no time left at all, faculty meetings that go nowhere or make things worse, toxic colleagues that no one seems able to…
