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Ask the Administrator: For Love or Money?

A new correspondent writes: I read your blog, and now I have a question. I am currently teaching as an...

Little Truths Contest Winners

It’s time for the big reveal, as they say! Contest judge Steve Davenport’s been reading all week to narrow down...

Dontcha Hate It When...

You get back from an interview for a job you really, really want, only to realize that you completely misinterpreted...

Enough rope to hang ...

The Boston Globe just published an article about homeowners’ associations which ban the use of clotheslines, and state legislative efforts...

The Laptop Ban: It's Not Just for Classrooms Anymore

More and more professors -- hell, entire departments -- are banning laptops from their classrooms. Now the business world's doing...

All Those Administrators...

This story caught my eye. According to a study by the National Center for Educational Statistics, the percentage of full-time...

Evaluating Writing

Little Truths contest judge Steve Davenport is currently hunkered down with your entries—cogitating, masticating—and I strongly suggest we give him...

An edgy question

A correspondent asks, after posting a description of steps taken toward sustainability: “ a student emailed me asking broader questions...