April 20, 2013:  AACC Is The Place For The Helpful Courseware Man

Off to the American Association of Community Colleges Conference (AACC) in San Francisco today.  The jingle for ACE Hardware will not go away.  Then again, I have known a few tools in my time in academia.

So I give in:  What do I want to buy from my neighborhood hardware/college improvement store?

• Paint to apply a new coat to make some shabby, old practices look new again.
• A wrench to apply necessary pressure to get some old practices changed.
• A ladder to give my colleagues who would like to at least reach a glass ceiling.
• A wheelbarrow to cart the manure around.
• A shovel for the corners of those corner offices where the wheelbarrow won't reach.
• Duct tape to cheaply cover holes in our curricula.
• A crowbar to move some generally immovable faculty and administrators.