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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.
Literacy in the Digital Age: Part IV
Higher education faces a combination of challenges today. First and foremost, the concept that education is a public good is...
Mothering at Mid-Career: A First
There hasn’t been a whole lot of “mothering” talk on this blog lately — both because I’ve been busy with...
Other Parents
“But Joey’s parents let him play Call of Duty!” Sigh. We’ve hit the age at which our biggest parenting obstacle...
Living In 'The Company Town'
The Company Town: The Industrial Edens and Satanic Mills That Shaped the American Economy by Hardy Green. I live in...
Ah, Bartleby; Ah, Humanities
Louis Betty wants grad students to know just how bad the job market is these days.
Please Tell
Stanton L. Jones argues that Christian colleges that bar gay sex can still be supportive of gay students.