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My Degree is My Mistress
I think I’m having an identity crisis. I recently joined sites like LinkedIn and Academia.edu based on the suggestions of...
Stop Thinking You're the Smartest Person in the Room
From the archives - this post was originally published at http://uvenus.org on 3.01.2010. I’m in the unenviable position of preparing...
Academic Boredom
I am a person who is easily bored. It is in my character. I get tired of things easily. Not...
No Country For Serious Students
I see the change in some of my first-year college students as the semester progresses. The once energetic, curious, wide-eyed...
Battling With the System
A familiar truism about academia is that the battles are so big because the stakes are so small. Academics will...
Why Do We Write?
This is the first in a series of posts from our archives. We will be sharing posts that we published...
The Virtual Chair: Academic Management by Remote Control
After two decades in the academe, I have purposely avoided being nominated to any administrative position. This came from an...
Academia's 3Ms (Merit, Money, Marriage)
The Economist's 16 December issue opened its article on why doctoral degrees waste 21st century students' time and money with...