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Buying Blackboard

"Buying Blackboard" is often a topic of interesting campus conversations this time of year as colleges and universities move through...

Listserv Tattletale

“For openers, I don't think you understand the difference between descriptive and normative statements, and you've obviously got a chip...

What's Technology Got To Do With IT?

I know that both Tina Turner's song and the it/IT thing are hackneyed, but what does technology have to do...

Ask the Administrator: Incentives for Course Evaluations

In a timely note, a regular correspondent writes: My college is on a big push to do course evals... we...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Another passage

I loved Susan O’Doherty’s blog post on the rite of “passagio” that she’s going through right now as her son...

What Higher Ed Can Learn from Disney

I just got back from a week at Walt Disney World with my extended family. Less a vacation, and more...

Academic employment - security (1)

Not many people get fired from Greenback U. Oh, it happens. But on a percentage basis, it doesn't happen all...

Are Western Countries Tightening Up Visa Requirements Unfairly?

In recent months there have been reports from several countries hinting at a trend towards tightening up visa requirements for...