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A Mind at the End of Its Tether
Whether or not madness seems like the right word for such a state of mind, Barbara K. Lipska's The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind: My Tale of Madness and Recovery is likely to make a certain impression on the reader approaching middle age or well into it, writes Scott McLemee.
What We Learn When Our Writing 'Fails'
How can we incentivize students to take writing risks, and give them an escape when they get in over their heads?
What An Expensive SF Restaurant That Can't Afford Waiters Tells Us About the Future of Higher Ed
Why chronic understaffing is the new normal.
Networking: Just Do It
Even if up until now you haven’t done it, even if you find it insufferable, even if you think you’re awkward, even if you secretly believe that you’re somehow above it, argues Stephen J. Aguilar, do it and open yourself up to the possibilities that follow.
How to Avoid a Federal Investigation
Kate Kennedy highlights five assumptions that universities should question themselves about in the wake of sexual abuse charges at the University of Southern California.
3 Depressing Conclusions from Reading 'Energy and Civilization' and 'Energy: A Human History’
2 indispensable books on the past, present, and future of energy.