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Buying Books: A Predictive Equation
I buy lots of books. All this book buying is strange, as I have a world-class academic library steps away...
Motherhood after tenure: Wisconsin, Never Let Me Go
Today was my last day of classes and finally it feels like spring in Wisconsin. While I do have exams...
The Seduction of Belonging
In her well-known 1984 essay, “Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals,” Carol Cohn writes of her...
Election excitement
A few days ago I ran into a friend at a coffee shop, and as we waited in line for...
The Religious Option
Faith-based colleges may offer good job opportunities -- and, in some cases, you need not share the faith of the college, writes Susan VanZanten.
Atlas Shrunk
Ayn Rand's magnum opus took 54 years to put on the screen. Scott McLemee is underwhelmed by the result.
Disaster Recovery
I’ve followed with interest the outbreak of tornadoes in the South and Midwest, especially in Arkansas. Several colleges there have...
4 Reasons Why Local Meetings Should Be Conducted with Web Meeting Tools
Adobe Connect, WebEX, GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting, Skype, Elluminate ( what am I missing?), these web conferencing tools are not just for...