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Long Term Needs

At the time that I stood for tenure, I was the only untenured person in the economics department.

Belated Book Review: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Both Flesh and Not’

The most recent book, a posthumous essay collection.* *Which I just read in hard cover though it’s two years old, because the public library just acquired it or just shelved it with new books. It makes me want to throw over the whole idea of reviewing books when they first drop and do belated reviews of ones that have great titles such as British Manly Exercises, Containing Rowing and Sailing, Riding & Driving, &c.,&c (1837), by Donald Walker.

Consider Kinder Evaluations

Too often, employee evaluations coddle or reflect grudges; done well, they should activate potential and reduce deficits, writes Maria Shine Stewart.

Employability Is Our Job

Wendy Purcell, who leads a British university, writes that it's inevitable and appropriate that governments on both sides of the pond pay more attention to how colleges and universities prepare students for careers.

The Library Isn't Flat

Does emulating Google's search flatten knowledge? Is there any alternative for libraries?

Frozen

Father-daughter movie viewing, Career Day and Father's Day.