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Prospero's Island?
We reached the island on the morning of Labor Day, as the last of the vacationers were closing up their...
Ask the Administrator: Starting Over
A new correspondent writes: I have a question about college teaching as a second career. Most of the advice I've...
Hang On to Your Hat (Just in Case)
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN will fire up Wednesday morning, though “it might take a month or two to...
Just chill out!
Another campus sustainability competition is underway, and this one has a video feed. Actually, it's not "another" competition -- it's...
It's Not Programmed Into Our Cells
Like many professors, I have a policy about cell phones in my classroom. I struggle with this policy every semester...
Administrivia
I've seen two major personality types fail at deaning, each for the same reason: administrivia. Administrivia is the barrage of...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Revisiting the Mommy Wars
I've been saving links* to the Sarah Palin coverage for the last week and a half, but I'm still feeling...
A Defense of In-Person Education
Jane Arnold is enrolled in an online doctoral program, but wants to be sure higher education preserves the traditional classroom.