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Perfectionism -- II

Peg Boyle Single identifies symptoms and treatments for a problem that can block writing.

Hiding in Plain Sight

Campus leaders need to acknowledge, and talk about, the fact that men are more likely than women to commit violence, Jason Laker argues.

Favorite Literary Films

There’s an academic family around these parts, it’s said, who watch all the Jane Austen films together every Thanksgiving break...

How many angels?

So, drawing on the putative thoughts in the last two posts, one of the problems universities face in trying to...

Math Geek Mom: Iconoclasts in April

Once, when I was in high school, I must have said something that particularly exasperated one of my teachers. She...

Ask the Administrator: Interview for First Administrative Job

A new correspondent writes: I am a faculty member in the humanities at a small comprehensive college, and I may...

Pride in One's Work

Throughout my 31 years in higher education, from assistant to full professor at three universities — Oklahoma State, Ohio and...

Motherhood After Tenure: Talking Balance

Last week a colleague and I gave a talk to new faculty on work-life balance. It is part of series...