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No More 'One and Dones'
The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I men's basketball tournament resumes today. After the nets have been cut at the...
Motherhood After Tenure: Rethinking Teaching
During this sabbatical year I promised myself that I wouldn’t even *think* about teaching until the summer. After all, this...
Stopouts
In discussion with some colleagues from other colleges, I realized recently that different colleges handle 'stopouts' very differently. 'Stopouts' are...
Groceries and grasping
I was in a grocery store checkout line last week. The woman in line ahead of me had two children...
The Mote in Thy Brother's Eye
A theme in budget reduction processes in some states is an enthusiasm for cannibalizing some institutions in the hopes of...
ABCs and PhDs: Coming back for a Ph.D.
Earlier this week I came across this old Time magazine article, which reminded me of an interesting character, Dr. Theo...
Oh the (need for) humanity…
Teresa Mangum suggests some basic rules of communication and courtesy for search committees.
A Change is Gonna Come
One university press shifts to digital, and more will eventually. Scott McLemee wonders if there's more to it than "YouTube with footnotes"...