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Signs
At dinner last night with The Wife, The Boy, and The Girl: TW: How was CCD today? TB: Good. TW...
Earth Hour
Sometimes, it's what you don't plan that goes well. Earth Hour, an event which originated only last year on the...
A Challenge to Billion Dollar Endowments
Bruce Simon writes about how the debate looks when your institution's entire budget would be a rounding error for Harvard, and offers suggestions for the wealthiest universities.
Classroom or Bedroom...
...laptops tend to mean you're not getting any. 37 percent of Americans bring laptops (and other disconnect-anxiety stuff) to bed...
Ask the Administrator: What About Teaching High School?
A longtime reader writes: I'll be starting a Ph.D. program in History in the Fall. I know the risks, and...
Beyond the beyond
Paycheck envy aside, I'm glad I'm not a university president. Long hours, too many constituencies bringing too many competing priorities...
Elementary Ed in a University Town
Champaign-Urbana is not a small town, though it’s often thought of as one. It’s actually two cities, of course, with...
Beyond Pledges and Light Bulbs
Universities that want to really have an impact on global climate change should focus on their research and spurring the creation of green businesses, writes Larry Edward Penley.