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Ginsberg Again

Brown University student, 2007: '...so as to end up flaccid, immobile , alone on the carpet of a dorm room...

Looking the Part

There's an eyebrow-raising discussion over at New Kid's, in response to a first person piece in the Chronicle. I didn't...

Behold, A Black Horse

Yep, just as Revelation predicted, on the heels of war comes famine—the strange self-chosen famine of the overfed society—announced by...

Ask the Administrator: ABD Seeks JOB

A returning correspondent writes: I am in the midst of completing my dissertation,wrestling with 250 pages of text at the...

Ask the Administrator: Adjunct Course Development

A new correspondent writes: I am a recovering adjunct. I still teach a fewcourses but I am now doing more...

Forget Me; Think of the Librarians

Until our departments hire mystics, we may never know why some classes fall flat. We sit afterwards in quietude, trying...

The Academic Success Entitlement

At one time, we imagined that students came to the university to learn, that they had an obligation to engage...

Freedom of Speech in Administration

(The confusion evident in this post isn't just a function of sloppy editing; it's an accurate reflection of my actual...