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2-Year Interview Questions -- II

Eric Baer shares another round of questions -- touching on student populations and potentially challenging situations -- asked of those seeking to teach at community colleges.
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Magnificent Obsessions

Terry Castle's memoir blends critical intelligence and awkward recollections. Scott McLemee reads it in earnest.
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Live from the League, Day 3

The theme today seemed to be generational change, but in a good way; instead of the hand-wringing about leadership crises...
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My $1,500 Tablet

My latest computer purchase is a Lenovo X201T Tablet. Around $1,500 - with 4 gigs of RAM and some other...
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Tiger Mothers and Superficial Scholars

In my role as a fellowships adviser, I have a motto: think laterally - not literally. “ Tiger mothers” as...
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UBU SEASON

A week that features Bernard Madoff denouncing people for being greedy, and Moammar Gaddafi delivering a sermon on love, can...
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Live from the League, Day 2

Dear reader, I attended six presentations at the League for Innovation conference yesterday, so you didn’t have to. The highlight...
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What Do Students Remember?

David Head asked the question in his classes -- and considers what he learned.