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Failing Too Many
The story of the Norfolk State professor fired for failing too many students (see IHE's story here) is a kind...
In Which I Go Off My Nut
The end of every semester is, in a sense, a finality; all those minds I’ve been living in for four...
Trickle-Down Departments
Over at Easily Distracted, Tim Burke has a fascinating piece outlining his proposed hypothetical liberal arts college. Among other things...
ABCs and PhDs
Last month my son’s first grade class did a unit on plants, seeds, and fruits. When his teacher sent home...
Mothering at Mid-Career: on girl athletes and women professors…
Sunday's New York Times Magazine cover story by Michael Sokolove about girls with ACL injuries has me thinking. The article...
Random Glances of Exam Week
At her request, for Mother's Day I got TW a couple of little figurines that don't have facial features. TG...
Accentuate, I'm positive
Back over Xmas/New Year's, my daughter introduced me to Dracula's Riddle, which took me about a month's worth of spare...
False Economies
A friend who works at a respected public research university just sent me a copy of an all-campus email he...