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The Girl Strikes Again
The Girl lost her first tooth on Sunday! It came out while she was eating pancakes. She spent the rest...
In Which a Reader Hits a Nerve
A longtime correspondent writes: Is there anyone who specializes in remedial education, especially math? Or is it kind of farmed...
Ask the Administrator: PhD's at CC's
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog posting about the reasons people went/go to graduate school in the humanities...
Rights of Return
I just got an email from a reader who has tenure at hir current college, but is considering a deanship...
Becoming Accident Prone
I read somewhere that you can't make accidents happen, but you can make yourself accident prone. I'm looking at ways...
Ask the Administrator: Charter Colleges?
A longtime reader writes: Here in [unnamed state] state support for higher education is shrinking fast. Some of this is...
Ask the Administrator: Donations to CC's
A longtime reader writes: My elite liberal undergrad institution, annual cost ~$55K vs median annual U.S. income of $50K, high...
The Loss of Legibility, Or, Why Do People Still Pile Into Grad School?
Why do people still go to grad school in the liberal arts? My generation had an excuse; we were told...