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ABCs and PhDs: Saving Our Woods

The patch of woods outside my front door is in trouble. After we moved into our neighborhood four years ago...

Ask the Administrator: Starting Over

A new correspondent writes: I have a question about college teaching as a second career. Most of the advice I've...

Hang On to Your Hat (Just in Case)

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN will fire up Wednesday morning, though “it might take a month or two to...

Just chill out!

Another campus sustainability competition is underway, and this one has a video feed. Actually, it's not "another" competition -- it's...

Administrivia

I've seen two major personality types fail at deaning, each for the same reason: administrivia. Administrivia is the barrage of...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Revisiting the Mommy Wars

I've been saving links* to the Sarah Palin coverage for the last week and a half, but I'm still feeling...

Ask the Administrator: Academic Blacklists?

A regular commenter writes: Currently I am applying for jobs for 2009-2010. My specialization is Central Asian history, but there...

Career Counselor: Conflict With a Supervisor

I'm having a bit of a conflict with my supervisor, and I don't know who to ask about it because...