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10 Tips for Junior Faculty
Daniel S. Hamermesh urges those starting on the tenure track at research universities to have a tight focus on their publishing and their time.
Matters of Ultimate Concern
A new book considers the power of religion in the public sphere. Scott McLemee reads it while bracing for 2012.
6 Reasons to End (Almost) All Timed Exams
Can we declare the era of the timed exam (almost) completely over? 6 Reasons to End (Almost) All Timed Exams*...
Stuck in the Slow Lane
You know that awful feeling when you’re stuck in a lane that’s moving so much slower than the lane next...
Balancing the Passionate With the Mundane
The title of my honours thesis was “Religiosity and Neuroticism’s Effects on Death Anxiety.” Really? I suppose there isn’t any...
Conserving happiness
Two recent pieces came together in my mind this afternoon. The first, published in Grist, contains economist Stephen DeCanio's prescription...
Catching up with May
The month of May has been terrifically busy for me. I moved 3,000 miles from Corvallis, Oregon to Columbia, South...
Merger Debates Waste Time
State leaders who want to improve historically black colleges need to focus on students and budget fairness, not governance changes, writes James T. Minor.