Many of the nation's university presidents are attending the American Council on Education's annual meeting and the mood appears gloomy. Jonathan R. Cole, provost of Columbia University, asked "If we are so good, why do we feel so bad?" William E. Kirwan, chancellor of the University System of Maryland, said "We are on a trajectory of having the largest population of adults without a college degree of any industrialized nation. The problem is that states now consider higher education a discretionary item in the budget." Richard C. Levin, the president of Yale University, is on a mission to make the case that colleges and universities are worth supporting, especially in economically desperate times. "With every category of discretionary public expenditure under serious scrutiny, it is incumbent upon us to make the case for higher education with renewed vigor," he told a room full of administrators from two- and four-year colleges. He acknowledged that he was preaching to the choir but added that "elected officials and many of our fellow citizens do not share our experience and do not necessarily share our conclusions." The Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference is accepting proposals until Monday, March 21, 2011 for their 23rd annual event. If selected to present, your paper will then be vetted for inclusion in the peer-reviewed periodical the Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research. How do you make the decision to use one teaching method rather than another? Is it tied to the subject matter or your comfort level? Are you frustrated that many times the class you planned did not accomplish the learning goals you had set? Dr. Bob Noyd will be discussing this and more at a series of three workshops on March 23 at LU. Mark your calendars now and do not miss what promises to be an extraordinary event.