What's Up in The Academy?

What's Up in The Academy?

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What's Up in The Academy?
What's Up in The Academy?
At Least You Aren't at Hudson University

At Least You Aren't at Hudson University

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Dr. Laura De Veau
Jan 27, 2025
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If you are a #HigherEd administrator, especially one who works in Student Affairs, you may be staring at a pile of incident reports, some emails from angry parents, or dreading a difficult meeting with the faculty council president. But are you dealing with a gambling ring? A meth lab run by under-paid Graduate Assistants? Or a murderer disguised as a campus mascot? No? Then congratulations - you're already having a better time than anyone associated with Hudson University. *Dun-dun*

Let's be real: no matter how chaotic your weekend was, you didn't have to deal with what passes for "higher education" at Hudson University. This fictional institution, immortalized in the Law & Order franchise, isn't just a university - it's essentially a crime scene with residence halls (poorly monitored residence halls).

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