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The Elusive 'It'
I’m in my 29th year of community college work -- nearly three decades of completed service and the happy land...
Vietnam, Part 3
My cohort in the Miami MFA was a bit older and more diverse than others. We had among us a...
The Music Industry's 'Spring Offensive'
This afternoon, in a Congressional office building, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on...
From Grub Street to the Ivory Tower (and Back)
Getting from academe to the publishing world isn't easy, but Scott McLemee finds some grad students who just might make it.
Teaching Without Textbooks
They aren't only too expensive, they are boring and your students will learn more without them, writes Rob Weir.
Vietnam, Part 2
I’ve always been interested in how we know where to go before we know why. It felt accidental some years...
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Richard J. Gelles considers the rude way most college committees treat those asked to write external review letters, and offers some suggestions.
Shakespeare's 7 Ages of the College Teacher
1. Cluelessness2. Terror3. Hope4. Competence5. Hubris6. Comeuppance7. Sabbatical Note: Adjuncts should omit Age 7 and carry on with Age 6...