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A newly-chosen department chair writes (obfuscated for anonymity): ------ We have a looming problem -- a beloved colleague of (several)...

The things I'll do for a post! I've dragged myself through hellish evening heat (summer's up and running in DC)...

Many of us find it challenging to explain the American higher education system to non-academic audiences (and sometimes to academic...

Our distance ed coordinator stopped me in the cafeteria last week to report that she's trying to enroll a student...

With her interest in the grotesqueries of bigtime university sports, UD has read tons of reports from tons of influential...

Today is the annual worldwide celebration of Leopold Bloom’s adventures around Dublin in 1904. So set down your ashplant, hoist...

A new correspondent writes: ----- My question has to do with a dear friend of mine, an assistant professor of...

Like a number of big sports campuses, Auburn University has designated faculty-enablers who smooth the way toward a bogus degree...