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The Career Counselor Is In: 'Should I Drop Out?'
I received a letter with this title from “Amanda” -- a PhD student at an Ivy League institution who wants...
Bookstore as Time Machine
This weekend, TW and I had a chance to visit a couple of really well-known college towns a few states...
Inputs and outputs
Under the terms of the ACUPCC, Greenback University's greenhouse gas inventory is due in September. The heavy lifting is now...
The Life Cycle of an Aid Program
1. Need goes unmet for extended period. 2. Unmet need strikes someone with connections. 3. New aid program proposed. Much...
Drama Mama: What It Means to Be 'Lucky'
Recently I have been having many issues with getting all my day to day goals met. Between moving, summer research...
A new leader in the greenhouse
It's probably just my northeastern liberal elitist upbringing, but when I think of colleges and universities that "get it" on...
Academics Behaving Badly
Last month I went to an organizational meeting for anyone on campus interested in teaching courses (off-campus) for people who...
Math Mom: Pomp and Circumstance
Although I am not a preacher, for the past dozen years or so I've spent my Mother's Day in a...