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Motherhood After Tenure: Fathers' Day
Last Sunday, on father’s day, The New York Times reported that fathers are becoming more stressed trying to balance jobs...
India's New Law on Foreign Providers
India has a huge unmet demand for higher education. Having a young population and with school enrollment expanding rapidly, this...
The White Noise of Accountability
Cliff Adelman explores the rhetoric and practice surrounding an oft-used phrase -- and asks readers to consider six frameworks for thinking about the word before they next utter it.
Bibliometrics, global rankings, and transparency
Why do we care so much about the actual and potential uses of bibliometrics (“ the generic term for data...
Making Yourself Dispensable
Last week I heard an interview with Seth Godin in which he mentioned the need for employees to make themselves...
Solving the Proximity Problem?
Have you figured out any methods for mitigating the proximity problem? This problem is particularly acute in higher education, where...
An Introduction
The Center for International Higher Education at Boston College presents a new blog, The World View, which will offer commentary...
BURYING BERRY
The University of Kentucky, a public institution, used to hold the papers of that state's most esteemed living writer, Wendell...