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On being seduced by The World University Rankings (2011-12)

Well, it’s ranking season again, and the Times Higher Education/Thomson Reuters World University Rankings (2011-2012) has just been released. The...

ignert

i suppose in the middle of the road of my life i’ve entered not a dark wood exactly but something...

Tolerance for Ambiguity

“That’s stupid.” As a professor, I gritted my teeth every time I heard a student say that. It was an...

ABC's and PhD's: Part-timers

Joshua Kim wrote an interesting post in his blog on Monday about voluntary part-timers. His thesis is that part-time workers...

A Little History of Philosophy

Will a new series from Yale University Press aimed at young readers (and the occasional grown-up) catch fire? Scott McLemee takes a look.

Commandant to President

Gen. Charles C. Krulak sees lessons in his military career for his new job in higher ed.

Cheating, Plagiarism and Just Plain "Not-too-Bright" Students

We’ve discussed the notion of cheating several times here at the University of Venus, its ramifications, philosophical perspectives, and devices...