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Dispatches from an Undisclosed Location
- I love this poem. Hat-tip to Mary-Kim Arnold for flagging it. - The Boy and The Girl had an...
It's 4:30 in the morning, do you know where your work/life balance is?
A dear colleague of mine and I were talking the other day about a couple of exciting things that have...
'Keep the Change': Tipping and Us
Towards the end of Steve Dublanica's hilarious and information filled Keep the Change: A Clueless Tipper's Quest to Become the...
A college president speaks out
Last month, Elizabeth Coleman -- president of Bennington College -- addressed the National Association of Independent Schools annual conference. I...
The Natural End of Schooling
Amy Chua’s endlessly discussed Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother and Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s Academically Adrift have provoked...
"Put It Through Governance"
Shared governance has many definitions, and the boundaries can be fuzzy. But most academics have a pretty clear idea that...
Just Spent $229.50 for Digital Content - Why?
When will you pay for digital content? If you are in the information business, and education is an information business...
Ask the Administrator: Worst Interview Response
I file this one under “instant classic.” A new correspondent writes: [I]f you are asked "how has your teaching changed...