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Not Babylon 5
I don't want to think about the crude oil currently spewing into the Gulf of Mexico. I'd much rather think...
One Size Fits All
When you face crocodile tears or red-faced anger from students frustrated with their grades, stay calm and stick with your standards, writes Rob Weir.
Pursuing the Dream
Academics concerned about the diversity of their institutions need to embrace the cause of undocumented students, writes Rosemary Salomone.
Dress like a dean/provost
After about a year of serving as Assistant Provost, the Provost called me in and indicated that he was more...
'It's a catastrophe. Relax!'
So Nobel laureate Michael Beard assures us all of the the inevitability and consequences of global warming, in Ian McEwan's...
The Girl Plays T-Ball
This Saturday The Girl had her first t-ball game. T-ball, for the uninitiated, is a version of baseball in which...
More on the Humanities and the Marketplace
“Henry Adams’s” most recent “Academic Bait-and-Switch” column in The Chronicle, in which he discusses all of his misguided reasons for...
Procrastination - I
Peg Boyle Single considers how we put off writing -- and how to change our habits.