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ABC's and PhD's: Motivation
I’m a great one for To Do lists. For me they work especially well when I’m organized enough to have...
Long Distance Mom: International Women's Day
March 8th was International Women’s Day (IWD), which seems appropriate after watching Kathryn Bigelow make Oscar history last weekend (rock...
The American Jitters
A recent book on Depression-era culture is both lively and all too timely. Scott McLemee interviews its author.
How We Diversified
Two administrators at Connecticut College describe how they and their faculty colleagues changed the way professors are recruited and hired
The Undertow
(Warning: this one's a little vent-y.) Yesterday started with one of those meetings that left me drained, precisely because it...
Laptop Bans Are a Terrible Idea
A colleague sent me an article from The Washington Post, "Wide Web of Diversions Gets Laptops Evicted From Lecture Halls."...
You can't beat city hall
In order to address a number of Greenback U's sustainability issues, it's necessary that the campus work hand-in-hand with local...
A Better Option
State leaders in California and elsewhere are balancing their budgets by capping enrollments and raising tuition. They should increase enrollments and hold the line on fees instead, writes Arthur Hauptman.