by Larry Burns | Apr 25, 2018 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, critical thinking, higher education, leadership, metrics, training, Uncategorized, UOPX
Not to brag, but I teach at three colleges. It’s a cold hard fact of the college professor lifestyle. One is a traditional community college where I teach in the classroom. Another is a non-profit liberal arts college operating mostly online. My third and...
by Larry Burns | Oct 14, 2017 | belief, Family, happiness, nature, things to do in riverside, Uncategorized
Thursday brought some morning clouds, making a trip to Andulka Park (5201 Chicago Avenue, Riverside 92507) for an AM romp a no-brainer. This marks the first time since the end of Spring I pulled a long sleeve shirt out for E.M. She loved the bright graphics and rough...
by Larry Burns | Apr 6, 2017 | art, belief, chicano, critical thinking, things to do in riverside, Uncategorized
This week, journalist and photographer David Bacon sledgehammers a hole in the wall, revealing the 750,000 farm workers in California hidden from view. Their labor is performed away from where most of us work; few of us sleep in their conditions, but they are still...
by Larry Burns | Feb 10, 2017 | advertising, amazon, art, belief, facebook, Indie, marketing, publishing, things to do in riverside, Uncategorized, writing
If you are like me, when you think about the writer’s life, it involves power, paper, ink, coffee, late nights, early mornings, and feeling like you may never finish that next project. But there comes a time when you put the pen down, and pick up the phone,...
by Larry Burns | Aug 31, 2016 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, employment, higher education, Uncategorized
First, let me confess my bias: I was hired as a full time faculty member with University of Phoenix back in February of 2015*. Prior to that, I spent the previous decade as a full time college administrator and an adjunct faculty member. I like being fully engaged in...
by Larry Burns | Oct 21, 2015 | belief, classroom management, college teaching, critical thinking
I like to think of my classroom as a place for solid infotainment, to steal an idea from television news. Students need new content to dissect and discuss constantly. Like it or not, we live in a fast paced society, and that lifestyle has found its way into the...
