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Moving Targets
This week I've been a part of some very difficult conversations on campus about budget cuts and their implications for...
Childish things, and the putting away thereof
Today is, as we've all been informed ad nauseum, the 200th anniversary of the births of both Abraham Lincoln and...
Math Geek Mom: What do the Numbers Mean?
By now we have all heard the numbers telling us how large the stimulus package will be that we hope...
AWP, Part 1
There are many temptations in the big city for a couple of fellers in from the literary countryside. Today was...
Sexual Harassment and Group Punishment
The destructive impact of a form of discrimination shouldn't be used to justify solutions that may amount to public relations and violate the rights of innocent faculty members, writes Gary Rhoades.
Motherhood After Tenure: Fearful Parents?
Peggy Orenstein’s recent column in the New York Times about parental fears in response to a USA Today report on...
Ask the Administrator: Interdisciplinarity and Risk Aversion
A new correspondent writes: I will be graduating from a smaller campus of a Big 10 University this May with...
The second best idea for campus recycling
Greenback U has a lot of recycling containers on campus. Many are for paper only, some are for paper and...