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At one time, we imagined that students came to the university to learn, that they had an obligation to engage...

(The confusion evident in this post isn't just a function of sloppy editing; it's an accurate reflection of my actual...

The saddest of university events in September are the suicides of sensitive, displaced, and troubled freshmen. To a new school...

Garrison Keillor recently wrote something to the effect that it's shocking to wake up one morning and realize that the...

EXT. BENCH NEAR STUDENT CENTER - DAY A PROF eats his lunch from a Styrofoam bowl. Enter his acquaintance, who...

Evil HR Lady gave me a heads-up regarding a question she received about adjoining faculty offices, when the respective faculty...

There's a great pair of posts up over at Bardiac's dealing with frustration over repeated overpromising (and selective guru loyalty)...

Every fall semester is the shock of the new. The courses repeat; the classrooms don't change; but every September there's...