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ABCs and PhDs: Personal experiments

In my last semester as a graduate student, I TA’ed a human behavioral biology course. As it turned out, I...

The Tuition/Aid Tango

(Or, worst "Dancing With the Stars" episode ever.) In discussion with my counterparts across my state, I'm hearing that most...

Ask the Administrator: Starting from Scratch

A new correspondent writes: The University of the District of Columbia is spinning off a new community college. If you...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Lines, dead and other

February was somehow a month of deadlines for me. There was a short commissioned piece to write, a column, an...

Ask the Administrator: HS vs. CC Faculty

A regular correspondent writes: What, exactly, are CC faculty supposed to do that substantially distinguishes them from high school teachers...

Flowers in a bowl

I like to buy my wife flowers when it's cold out. Not on Valentine's Day -- I'm too cheap to...

AWP, Part 5

The AWP is wrapping up today, and we’ll be jumping on a train later tonight, but I wanted to get...

AWP 4: Even Rorys Get Their Day

My colleague Rory did an astonishingly competent job yesterday serving as moderator for the tribute to William Gass, sponsored by...