Welcome to "It's All Academic," a website serving many functions for over a decade. It started as support for the book pictured to the right; then was devoted entirely to topics related to higher education. The "recent academic blog" category below may hold academic ponderings, personal observations or original poetry. During the late spring and summer of 2020, the website featured the 365 Artists in 365 Days series (as further below). That was resurrected in late Spring 2022, but without daily commitment.  Lots of archives to the left.

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Recent Academic Blogs -- General

A Retiring Sort of Reflection (Comparing my retirement with my father's)

Silence (On quiet time when one is retired)

To Marcus (Our Brutus) (On the passing of a beloved companion)

Bullet-In Boards (Congressional hearings on higher education)

The Realignment Game (Changing the Higher Ed landscape)

Recent Blogs -- 365 Artists in 365 (non-consecutive) Days

May 19, 2024: Day 351: The Alan Parsons Project "I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You"

May 17, 2024: Day 350: Oasis "Whatever"

May 12, 2024: Day 349: St. Vincent "The Power's Out"

May 9, 2024: Day 348: Sammy Hagar "I Can't Drive 55"

May 5, 2024: Day 347: Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band "Still The Same"

See categories in the menu to the left for more information regarding some 800 or so archived posts.

 About David Fleming

I am a retired Provost/Chief Academic Officer, now full-time hack writer.