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I've taken for my title the great name of a great blog, Bitch, Ph.D., because this post will be a...

A savvy correspondent writes: My department at a small private liberal artscollege has a dramatic generational split, with three senior...

The summer's usually a quiet time in academia, but UD's been kept busy covering a surprising number of dustups --...

Nothing gets our academic principles exercised quite as quickly as a conflict between athletic excellence and academic standards. Any issue...

I caught a lot of grief this summer from readers upset with what I’ve posted on this blog. No, I...

A new correspondent writes: I have a career decision dilemma, and I'm not sure where to go for help/advice.After receiving...

This originated as a private email exchange, but after it developed, my correspondent asked me to post it to the...

I'm not proud of this, but a few nights ago TB and I were reading Pirates Past Noon, an installment...