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Tossing Bottles
As a teenager in the 1980’s, I saw most of the important teen movies of the era. One of the...
Au Revoir, Bitch
For bloggers of a certain vintage -- those of us who marched into the academic blogosphere around 2004-5 -- the...
What's a Sophomore?
Last week I had a nice discussion with some people who work at nearby four-year schools. We were discussing the...
Final Exams
An alert reader sent me this link to a Boston Globe story about Harvard eliminating its final exam period. We’ve...
Deans and Free Speech
In a nutshell, this is why I write under a pseudonym. Apparently the University of Connecticut fired a dean who...
Ask the Administrator: Payment Upon Completion
A new correspondent writes: We, the faculty, have just been notified by our president that the Texas Legislature (which can...
School Pictures
We got The Boy's and The Girl's school pictures this week. Admitting my own bias upfront, it's still fair to...
Mandating Laptops
Does anyone out there work at a public college that mandates that students buy laptops? I’m increasingly convinced that we...