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Tenure: Mend It, Don't End It

The debate over the merits of faculty tenure at universities is perennial, passionate, and polarized. Supporters hold that tenure is...
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This Year's Market Indicator

Over the past year, my college has advertised for both tenure-track faculty positions and administrative positions. (More of the former...
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4 Reasons I'm Obsessed with Ed Tech Acquisitions

"Why are you beating this horse to death? I mean how many blog posts about Blackboard getting bought can you...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Grading Week, Procrastination, and Social Media

It may be exam week for my students — and my daughter — but it’s grading week for me. This...
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Free Speech and the Internet

What do Amazon, Google, Facebook, I.S.P.s and most Internet corporations have in common? They are all private, for-profit corporations. What...
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YouTube, WebEx and Blackboard

Acquiring Blackboard would make strategic sense for Google, Microsoft or Cisco. Price matters, and Blackboard is expensive at a market...
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Calling Gay Leaders

Michael Roggow shares expert advice on how gay administrators can become presidents and how search committees can be welcoming of their candidacies.
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All the President's Books

In my two years working in the president's office at Harvard University, before I was laid off in spring, I...