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When Good Actors are Miscast
Have you ever seen a good actor struggle in the wrong role? I’m thinking here of, say, Laura Linney in...
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Having recently acquired my own iPod touch, I finally found a reason to do some serious weeding of my address...
3.2 Million Reasons to Talk
"For-profit colleges receive about a quarter of all Pell Grant and federal aid, according to the Federal Student Aid Data...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Teaching, Farming, and Curricular Change
I’ve got a few weeks left in my CSA share. We’re in the leafy-greens stage of the fall, it seems...
Veterans Day 2010
Wick Sloane's annual look at the status of veterans at selective colleges finds some laggards -- and one pleasant surprise, at William & Mary.
When Presidents' Eyes Wander
In searches at senior administrative levels, such as presidents and chancellors, it’s common practice to release the names of finalists...
Embrace 'Learning From For-Profits'
The growth of the for-profit education sector, and the tension between for- and non-profits to claim resources and control the...
Undocumented and Unsung-Growing worldwide dependence on part-time faculty
Researchers from 28 countries met in Moscow recently to review and compare each other’s research on academic compensation. The project...