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An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Having recently acquired my own iPod touch, I finally found a reason to do some serious weeding of my address...
3.2 Million Reasons to Talk
"For-profit colleges receive about a quarter of all Pell Grant and federal aid, according to the Federal Student Aid Data...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Teaching, Farming, and Curricular Change
I’ve got a few weeks left in my CSA share. We’re in the leafy-greens stage of the fall, it seems...
When Presidents' Eyes Wander
In searches at senior administrative levels, such as presidents and chancellors, it’s common practice to release the names of finalists...
Embrace 'Learning From For-Profits'
The growth of the for-profit education sector, and the tension between for- and non-profits to claim resources and control the...
Undocumented and Unsung-Growing worldwide dependence on part-time faculty
Researchers from 28 countries met in Moscow recently to review and compare each other’s research on academic compensation. The project...
Creak...
The retirements are nearly upon us. My college, like so many, hired a bunch of people all at once, then...
Control in the Classroom
Those first days of teaching were disastrous, but I didn’t know it. I started out teaching at a community college...