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Of Pedagogy
There was a roundtable here last Friday on creative-writing pedagogy. I hadn’t RSVP’d for the event but agreed to go...
Death Valley
Although the very thought of it makes some academics blanch, I'm beginning to think that "evidence-based management" could be really...
Well, That Explains a Lot...
In the context of discussing ways to encourage her colleagues to try to reach students at different levels of demonstrated...
Napster University?
According to IHE, the latest proposed extension of the Higher Education Act contains, among other things, a provision requiring that...
Bow Tie v. Hipster
Norman Mailer's death has brought out the bow ties, the tightly-wound and the closely-cropped, for whom the only noteworthy thing...
What Kind of Grader Are You?
A left coast correspondent writes (this is a long one): We have had a kerfuffle blow up today at my...
For A Second There, I Was Worried
My friend Dan and I grew up together. He and his wife are the godparents of our sons, and they...
First Lessons
I had thought parents’ night at Starbuck’s kindergarten was for the kids to show us their artwork, which hung around...