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Putting the Ph.D.'s to Work
Even old news can be dismal, and that is the case at hand. For about 40 years, by my calculation...
Guest Book Review: Wall in My Head
The Wall in My Head : Words and Images from the Fall of the Iron Curtain. Eds. Rohan Kamicheril and...
Ask the Administrator: PhD's at CC's
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog posting about the reasons people went/go to graduate school in the humanities...
7 Reasons and 7 Ideas About 7 Things
The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About series is one of my favorite monthly publications. Recent...
States and schools and sustainability
As I drove to campus this morning, my local NPR station was talking about only three subjects -- Haiti, the...
A walk in the woods
On our recent New Year’s trip to Friday Harbor, Washington, my eight-year old had the chance to reconnect with one...
Lessons of an Academic Vagabond
Having worked at five different colleges, Melissa Nicolas writes that there are commonalities every tenure-track faculty member needs to remember.
Meatball Surgery of the Mind
The psychiatric emergency room is where people have the worst day of their lives. Scott McLemee recommends a gripping memoir.