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Build Your Own Orientation
We’ve had some discussions on campus recently about new employee orientation, which starts in a few weeks. The general consensus...
Highlights of President Obama's Speech on Higher Education
When our President gives a major speech devoted to higher education it is important that all of us take some...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Getting what you didn't ask for
This summer for the first time my family joined a CSA (Community-Supported Agriculture). We signed up to receive a weekly...
Bread crumb the sixth - on the canal
In the course of my wanderings, I found a lock. Not a padlock -- a canal lock. At a place...
I Need a Wife
My office-mate Jessica spat those words out in exasperation one afternoon as she raced into the office with a pile...
Pulling the Goalie
In conversation recently with a colleague at another college, I realized that what she was describing something I’ve seen a...
Why My Bookmarks Are Not Delicious
Eric Stoller and his discussants make a compelling case for using Delicious. I'm no longer a Delicious person, and was...
India's Higher Education Quality Deficit
A constant theme in discussions with Indian academics, government officials, and business people concerns the low quality of the country’s...