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Status Anxiety
Earlier this week I had a pair of meetings right on top of each other that made for a hell...
Choosing Kindle Over Hulu+
My Kindle is cannibalizing my media consumption. Not so much the Kindle device, which I look forward to Amazon making...
Math Geek Mom: Laborers
When I was in my graduate program in economics, and chose Labor Economics as one of my fields, I would...
Tufts, You Are The One...I'll Be Your Jumbo
When Grace Oberhofer was placed on Harvard's admissions waitlist, she created a video to try to advance her cause. With...
Graduate School Funding: Both a Gift and Burden
According to the Chair of my program – my application had to be “pretty dismal” in order to be rejected...
Confessions of a Community College Dean - ESL
What’s the role of ESL at a community college? It isn’t obvious. ESL refers to English as a Second Language...
Technology and Learning - 7 Gifts of Working with Virtual Academic Colleagues
Do you work with someone who works remotely? Do you have someone on your team who telecommutes full-time, or a...
Mama PhD - Motherhood after tenure: starting school
Today my daughter starts second grade, my step-daughter moves into the dorms at a college four hours away, and I...