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Math Geek Mom: Uniformly out of fashion
In economics, we draw a graph matching the various prices that a good could be sold at with the quantity...
Ask the Administrator: Sixty Days
A midwestern correspondent writes: I'm starting a new full-time job next month, and I'm really excited about it. But my...
Wind and wave
As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the things I noticed on the way to vacation was an...
Craft and Evidence
I've been chewing on Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew Crawford's explanation of how the spiritual enervation that came from working...
Long Distance Mom: Mr. Bill
Middle-aged readers will remember the popular Saturday Night Live sketch of the 1970s and early 80s-- Mr. Bill. Mr. Bill...
The end of which year?
Before I got into the higher ed sector, I had a hand in payroll processing for a fairly large corporation...
ABC's and PhD's: A ramble on problems and on collaboration
Last week I went to a lecture by David Montgomery, author of “Dirt: the Erosion of Civilizations”. I didn’t expect...
Another Successful Prediction
They say that a prophet is never appreciated in his own country. That said, this article from IHE certainly rang...