Opinion

This year I'm seeing again some very creative definitions of the word 'emergency.' It's a special word, since it gives...

A frustrated correspondent writes: In looking at the academic job market (including academic library positions), I have noticed that a...

I was out to breakfast with my good friend and his son the other day and his son ordered waffles...

Thom Brooks offers advice to early career academics trying to maneuver through the anxiety-laden terrain of scholarly publishing.

Part of my job at Greenback U is to go around to other departments on campus and update them on...

Where to learn to shoot? Where does a fiftyish female English professor with bad aim and a bad attitude go...

My family and I are back from our trip, and I’m ready to get back to work. While we were...

Melissa Ballard hasn't spent the summer studying the latest bulletins on IT changes at her college, so she makes a list of what really matters.