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Ask the Administrator: Firing Student Assistants
A regular reader writes: I'd love to hear people's advice on how to fire student assistants gracefully. Better still, I'd...
The joys of decentralization
I've commented before on the challenges Greenback is facing, accounting for the considerable greenhouse gas emissions resulting from things like...
Naming Names: Ten Rules
Periodically, universities and their friends engage in a flurry of conversations about naming things on campus, usually triggered by a...
Ask the Administrator: Rounding Up References
An occasional correspondent writes: I've been teaching as an adjunct for five semesters at my local community college. I carry...
PROFESSOR MEETS GUN: Part Eight -- We're All That Way
"Guns," conclude two Yale law professors in a recent Emory Law Journal, "are at the center of an expressive struggle...
Unfortunate Name, Bad Location, Good Eatin'
Yes, our Department of Animal Sciences works on live animals “to optimize accretion of lean tissue with acceptable quality [by]...
Meanwhile, back at the ranch ...
Now that the summer capital projects are all underway and most Greenback students are off campus, I have time to...
UPDATE ON UD's WHEREABOUTS
No, I haven't shot off a gun yet. UD has been on vacation in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. She has put...