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ABCs and PhD's: The five-year plan

When I was pregnant with my daughter and unsure what was going to happen to my academic career, a woman...

Countercyclical Hiring and Flight Risk

Too many of the arguments I've read and heard for hiring more full-time faculty rely on moralistic appeals. The idea...

Having Fun in Learning Tech

Even my worst days as a learning technologist beat the crap out of my best days in most of the...

Watching trees grow

One of the questions that Greenback students often pose about carbon dioxide emissions runs along the lines of, "well, if...

Ask the Administrator: Jobs in Education Reform

A dispirited correspondent writes: I'm wondering if you have any words of advice for those of us who are interested...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Some Things I've Learned So Far This Semester

Today was a snow day of sorts and tomorrow's another one, so I'm feeling a bit behind. I've been thinking...

How Technology Fails My Grand Nannie

Grand Nannie is 92. She wants to be able to speak to her computer to have it do three things...

Dull Statistics, Unless You're One of Them

I probably never mentioned it, but I’m originally from Southern Illinois, a geographically and culturally unique region that’s been marginalized...