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We Need More Teachers

I'm a huge believer that as many people as possible involved in higher education should teach. Administrators should teach. Librarians...

ABC's and PhD's: Motivation

I’m a great one for To Do lists. For me they work especially well when I’m organized enough to have...

Long Distance Mom: International Women's Day

March 8th was International Women’s Day (IWD), which seems appropriate after watching Kathryn Bigelow make Oscar history last weekend (rock...

How We Diversified

Two administrators at Connecticut College describe how they and their faculty colleagues changed the way professors are recruited and hired

The American Jitters

A recent book on Depression-era culture is both lively and all too timely. Scott McLemee interviews its author.

The Undertow

(Warning: this one's a little vent-y.) Yesterday started with one of those meetings that left me drained, precisely because it...

Laptop Bans Are a Terrible Idea

A colleague sent me an article from The Washington Post, "Wide Web of Diversions Gets Laptops Evicted From Lecture Halls."...

You can't beat city hall

In order to address a number of Greenback U's sustainability issues, it's necessary that the campus work hand-in-hand with local...