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Ask the Administrator: How to Break In
An adjunct, and returning correspondent, writes: If I was an English adjunct at your CC, where would you advise me...
The Wrong Type of Auction
If Congress wants to bring market forces to federal student loans, it should auction existing loans to determine their value, not the right to make loans, Arthur Hauptman writes.
Ask the Administrator: The Best?
A new correspondent writes: Are community colleges required, either by policy or law, to always hire the job candidate who...
Counting Ponytails
We need progress toward gender equity in athletics, but the current debate isn't helping, writes Welch Suggs.
Vietnam, Penultimate
Back at the end of February I set out to blog about Spring Essence, a collection of poems by an...
Help Harvard Spend Its Endowment
Where Most Needed is a blog that follows what it calls "the charity industry." Its author, in a recent post...
Ask My Readers: Students Who Outplace
When they apply for admission at my cc, prospective students who haven't placed out already with SAT/ACT scores or AP...
Pottering Around
The end is near! Scott McLemee checks on the scholarly response to Harry Potter as devotees await the final chapter.