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Long Distance Mom: Turning 45
Geez. There ain’t no denying it. Forty-five is middle-aged. Actually it’s beyond middle-aged. I’ll be darn lucky to make it...
Unnatural Acts
Burck Smith -- though a fan of nontraditional ways to deliver instruction -- worries about deals signed by some colleges that will add to what students must pay.
Outsourcing Grading
I have to admit getting a good laugh from this. Apparently, there's a company that employs people in India with...
Increasing the Library Role?
Great discussion around the "Eroding Library Role?" article from 4/7. One area that I'd like to engage the library community...
ABC's and PhD's: Eat the marshmallow!
Recently a friend of mine, a fellow PhD/stay-at-home mom, told me that she’d taken the day off. I was puzzled...
Not a Consolation Prize
Community colleges need to be cautious before hiring Ph.D.s who haven’t been trained for teaching at two-year institutions, and unemployed doctorates shouldn’t assume they are prepared for such jobs, writes Kory Lawson Ching.
On the Road
A university exhibit and a new book look at David Foster Wallace's life and work. Scott McLemee visits the relics...
Food Culture Resources
“Is Food Really an Academic Subject?” an article in the Guardian asked in 2003. It is in the States, where...