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Umps and Academics
I just finished Bruce Weber’s new book , As They See ‘Em, which is about professional umpires. As a longstanding...
Career Coach: More on the Mature Mama PhD
Psychology is a second career for me. I returned to graduate school at age 36, and turned 40 during my...
FIRST WE FEEL. THEN WE FALL.
"One wants glimpses of the real," wrote Harold Brodkey in his last journal entry before his death. "One almost never...
Developing sustainable faculty
The 2008 AASHE Digest came out last week. It's a compendium of short blurbs describing sustainability-related activities and achievements at...
Get Ready for Your Search
Claire Potter offers advice for those going on the market for the first time, those who never left, and those who are returning.
Time to Close the College?
After studying four institutions that shut their doors, Alice Brown offers guidance to campus leaders contemplating closure -- and urges them to act decisively.
Friday Fragments
-- I don't often get excited about amending forms, but if President Obama is able to simply the FAFSA in...
Math Geek Mom: You CAN Go Home Again
The first few weeks of graduate school, several facts became apparent. I am sure that I should have realized these...