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To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick
A Letter from Key West To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick The southernmost sky is...
Policy and Parental Leave
This semester, my institution has been moving toward developing a family leave policy for faculty and staff. I'll start by...
Dad
My Dad died Friday. He was 69. He was at home. He had battled ALS – Lou Gehrig's disease –...
Ask the Administrator: The Most Effective Faculty Protest
A savvy correspondent writes: I'm writing because my large urban public university recently hired a high-profile person who, in a...
Math Geek Mom: Looking at the Long Run
The other day I found myself watching “Good Morning America” while waiting for some work to be done on my...
Months and months
Patricia DeWitt makes a point which is entirely valid, at least if the expressions of a lot of staff folk...
Long Distance Mom: Antioch Confidential
“If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is...
Ask the Administrator: Chairperson Interview Questions
A new correspondent writes: I was wondering if you could share some questions you might ask a chairperson candidate. Thank...