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Motherhood After Tenure: on Dickens, labor unions, and the meaning of Christmas
Last night, after a long day at work, I collapsed on the couch with my husband and six-year old daughter...
Would You Build a New 600 Seat Classroom?
Last week I had the pleasure to spend time with Fred Siff, Professor and CIO Emeritus University of Cincinnati, at...
Ask the Administrator: Partial Pay for Small Sections
An occasional correspondent writes: I have been offered a course at a reduced rate because the enrollment is not 100%...
Former Student Checks In
If there’s one thing blogging regularly for years has made obvious to me, it’s that the mind roams restless as...
ABC's and PhD's: Big Projects
For my husband and myself, our Thanksgiving weekend was pretty low-key. Turkey at our friends’ house (we only had to...
Hints for Job Seekers
It’s been a while since I’ve done a “how to get the job” piece. Judging by a recent flurry of...
Academia 2.0: What it is all about?
How much time per day do I spend on social media? And how does it compare with, for example, the...
An epic ode to email
Okay, so maybe this won't be that epic, or an ode for that matter, but I've been thinking about email...