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Long Distance Mom: Lincoln and Darwin Turn 200
Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin were both born on Feb. 12th, 1809. Why is celebrating their birthdays important? Why should...
Eat less carbon
I was speaking recently with a representative of Greenback U's dining services. My intent (predictably) was to move them towards...
ABCs and PhDs: Personal experiments
In my last semester as a graduate student, I TA’ed a human behavioral biology course. As it turned out, I...
The Tuition/Aid Tango
(Or, worst "Dancing With the Stars" episode ever.) In discussion with my counterparts across my state, I'm hearing that most...
Ask the Administrator: Starting from Scratch
A new correspondent writes: The University of the District of Columbia is spinning off a new community college. If you...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Lines, dead and other
February was somehow a month of deadlines for me. There was a short commissioned piece to write, a column, an...
Ask the Administrator: HS vs. CC Faculty
A regular correspondent writes: What, exactly, are CC faculty supposed to do that substantially distinguishes them from high school teachers...
Flowers in a bowl
I like to buy my wife flowers when it's cold out. Not on Valentine's Day -- I'm too cheap to...