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#ASA2010, Multi-tasking the Academic Conference

Atlanta in August – hot, humid, and sticky. It had been seven years since I had attended the American Sociological...

Choosing 'The Art of Choosing'

I decided to read Sheena Iyengar's new book, The Art of Choosing, after watching her TED Talk. The opportunity to...

Transparent

I have been spending the last few days reviewing my tenure and promotion recommendations to the President. Each tenure and...

The Pressure to Please

Aeron Haynie’s excellent post on girls and weight/eating issues made me rethink Ms. Mentor’s most recent column, “Being Nice or...

Nine Common Errors When Building a New World-Class University

“The opportunity to start from a blank page and create an entire institution from concept to reality is a rare...

Write Your Heaven, Win a Prize

Katherine Mansfield wrote, “Ach, Tchekov! Why are you dead? Why can’t I talk to you in a big darkish room...

LEMONIZING THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Donald Light, currently Lorry Lokey Visiting Professor of Human Biology at Stanford, has presented a paper at this year's American...

Watching the Money

How will it all work out? The budget is a mess, the economy weak, the quality of high school graduates...