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Motherhood After Tenure: In Praise of Late Blooming

Flying back from my conference last weekend, I experienced a moment of rare satisfaction: the conference had gone well, our...

Intersession

Wise and worldly readers, I need the benefit of your varied experience. Have you been able to make a January...

Which Job Market Are We Talking About?

I had one of those moments of cognitive dissonance this week, when I was at a meeting trying to establish...

ABCs and PhDs: Santa Claus economics

At breakfast Monday morning my husband came downstairs to announce that he’d thought of something for his Christmas list. Hurray...

Sustainability work #7 - More plotting and planning

So, when all is said and done, what matters is getting Greenback to a position of sustainability. We need to...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Fair vs. Equal

The comments on Aeron Haynie's post last week got me thinking: are benefits for working parents fair? Some commenters suggest...

Clueless in Seattle

An alert reader sent me this story from the Seattle Times. It's about the hiring and abrupt firing, with allegations...

"Find the Money in the Budget"

If you want to watch a dean's eyes roll back into her head, just ask for something and tell her...