How did he get so open?

Any idea what the range is for commercial readers? Most readers for doors and credit cards are just a few inches, but obviously there are toll readers on the highway that work over 20-30 feet.

They've already had the QR codes for the vendor show. I assume it will be used the same way, but I'm not sure. Maybe also swiping in as people enter the meeting? They should definitely state that in their documents for the conference.

People have been losing hours of work when going in parallel. I've never experienced that with Overleaf or Google, but I haven't pushed them as hard as this to be fair.

Knowing a bit about financial models, I'm assuming they keep the lion's share of the MBA money coming in. So their connection to the overall university budget is pretty low.

The contract says his research and teaching load should match his Darden predecessor post-dean. The previous dean looks to have taught one class per year based on Lou's List. Beardsley might go for that if he can't get a President gig elsewhere.

But he had tenure in the UVA law school before going to Harvard and (I assume) had tenure there as well. He never gave up tenure during his career, which is the norm in academia. Beardsley was hired as Darden dean WITHOUT tenure, which is extremely uncommon.

What's most interesting to me is that the Darden dean doesn't have tenure, so he's on the general faculty not tenure-track. Ryan couldn't be fired from the university as a whole because he was a tenured faculty member. Goes along with your reading of his thesis and research career.

Afraid not. This thing is so big it has to go freight in a 747. Not exactly easy to bring in undetected.

You've had quite the give & take tonight. I don't disagree with anything you've said, but my long term view past 2028 is still pessimistic. Assume Dems win the House and maybe Senate in 2026 and there's popular opposition to Trump heading into 2028. What's your crystal ball say for America's future?

I have Android and don't think I've ever seen that, though I don't check my own profile all that often.

I suspected that @augustafreepress.bsky.social had that wrong. But the meat of his dissertation is essentially giving himself advice on how to become a college president. There's nothing there. I read much of it after @mtgillikin.bsky.social posted his critique of the book and he was spot on.

My guess, at least in terms of that post, is that they just want to stay front-of-mind with alumni. You're not getting donations directly from that, but bringing back nostalgia that can be tapped into on giving days.

Whether it works, I have no idea.

Two games, two terrible officiating crews. It hasn't gotten any better since the T.

First one was stupid. Refs earned that one.

Somehow I don't think the student would like that very much either. Sounds an awful lot like they just want to sit there and listen to lectures.

This time their opponent doesn't want to be there either. This feels like a scrimmage.

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You may want to take a look at the thread above.