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I had a good discussion last week with a well-meaning professor who wanted to know why the minimum enrollment to...

In last week’s blog, I talked about the importance of remembering key individuals in the history of an institution. Remembering...

Peter Porter, a poet born in Australia but resident mainly in England, has died, at 81. Here's one of his...

Some 25 years ago, a quasi-country quartet calling themselves "The Girls Next Door" had a moderate hit with a ditty...

“Indicators” are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life.

I suspect that variations on this will become more common in the next several years. A new correspondent writes: I...

A colleague in the Biology department recently told me about a book that applies game theory to altruism in the...

Today it really is Earth Day 40, even though we at Greenback celebrated last weekend. The celebration was somewhat muted...