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Swine Flu and Attendance Policies
My friend Lesboprof is fighting the swine flu, which I imagine is no fun at all. Apparently, her Uni has...
Math Geek Mom: Probabilities and Possibilities
Last week, as classes started, I performed an experiment that I always use on the first day of each of...
Active Learning and the Scarcity Model of Grading
" I've been mentally toying with a scheme that looks like this: separate teaching from grading, then reward teaching that...
Race Still Matters
Colleges need a new set of discussions -- involving students, professors, administrators and their communities, write Michelle Asha Cooper and David A. Longanecker.
Motherhood After Tenure: Back to work, but with a difference
This week I head back to classes after a year-long sabbatical, my daughter begins kindergarten, and my husband reduces his...
Ask the Administrator: Thinking About Crossing Over
A returning correspondent writes: After five years, I am resigning from my tenure-track position in a humanities field. My book...
Who Are We?
I was perusing my Chronicle of Higher Ed. Almanac this afternoon. I learned that: --About 2.6 million folks work in...
The rubber meets the road, or the face meets the snow
September 15 is fast approaching. On that date, over 200 charter signatories of the American College and University Presidents Climate...