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Epic Fail
What should a college do when a professor fails 90 percent of the students in an intro class? Apparently, at...
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Ask the Administrator: Interview for First Administrative Job
A new correspondent writes: I am a faculty member in the humanities at a small comprehensive college, and I may...
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The Boy Rocks the Science Fair
The Boy has his mother's spatial sense and a touch of my nerdiness, so he was all over the science...
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Clang
In a meeting today, I heard a smart person use "wi-fi" as a verb, as in "we wi-fi'ed the room...
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Ask the Administrator: Is This Normal?
I love this question. A returning correspondent writes: A month or two ago, I wrote and asked for advice about...
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Job Guaranteed or Your Money Back!
An alert reader sent me this story from Time. Apparently, Lansing Community College (MI) is guaranteeing students in certain pre-career...
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Outsourcing Grading
I have to admit getting a good laugh from this. Apparently, there's a company that employs people in India with...
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Ask the Administrator: Do I Need a Doctorate to Make the Leap?
A self-identified Gen X correspondent writes I am currently at a somewhat senior level in finance at one of the...