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Fear and Loathing in Academia
This month’s question regarding life balance—how we deal with writer’s block—started me thinking about how I feel about writing. It’s...
An Incomplete History of Computers I've Owned
Does a list of computers we've owned tell us anything meaningful about technology, business, or education? Not sure. Could you...
Blow me . . . away
OK, I don't normally comment on this sort of thing. In fact, I don't normally even think much about this...
Constructing a new community: ACPA and NASPA
Are you tired? Has the conversation surrounding the proposed consolidation between ACPA and NASPA ( #NASPACPA) fatigued your otherwise resilient...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Traveling Alone--reprise
(I originally wrote this column for LiteraryMama.com in June of 2004. I’m revisiting the topic, seven years later, to note...
Ask the Administrator: Do CC Alums Have an Edge?
A new correspondent writes: I guess no one warned me earlier, but I really had no idea how dire it...
Campus Ed Tech 'Must Haves' by 2014
Reading the Horizon Report always gets the creative ed tech juices flowing. The "Time-to-Adoption" forecasts in the 2011 Horizon Report...
The Cronon Case: Part II
“Scholars and scientists pursue knowledge by way of open intellectual exchange. Without a zone of privacy within which to conduct...