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Shopping Around
In my household, I am typically the designated grocery shopper. I go once a week, and both my wife and...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Service and Administration
Two posts on Inside Higher Ed caught my eye the other day; one, from The University of Venus, on being...
Governance Matters
Who should govern universities? Should the best scholars sacrifice their career as researchers and govern academic institutions or should professional...
"Old" Habits Meet a "New" Normal
Despite a slight rise in state revenues, the 2011 budget cycle is likely to be the most difficult yet of...
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...
'On Second Thought'
Wray Herbert's engaging On Second Thought: Outsmarting Your Mind's Hard-Wired Habits has three main messages: 1. Evolved Brains: Our minds...
The Furor Over the Claims on Chinese Mothers
When a reader sent me this link I thought at first that I had accessed the Onion. It’s not that...
IHE Post To Be Published in German
A German book publisher, having read my essays at McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and no doubt hearing of my growing fame...