Irrelevant Knowledge

In the past few weeks, I have searched, mostly in vain, for something, anything, from the higher ed classics of my graduate school days that might provide, if not wayfinding, then transferable wisdom for coping with the End Times. (Disclosure: The Chronicle’s recent piece on how “loose coupling,” among other factors, may have contributed to …

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Enmity at the Gates

It’s a fair bet that any foreign national conducting business with USCIS these days expects the unexpected. Knowing many of them personally, I have found myself quizzed for insights, and sometimes something just short of predictions. But while the Supreme Court’s modified stay of the Trump travel ban this week probably could have been anticipated, …

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