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Here Comes the Flood

How to handle the constant pileup of scholarly publications? Scott McLemee takes a look at two alternatives.

Remedial Sequences

A hat-tip to Sherman Dorn for pointing out this story in IHE that I had missed. According to a report...

ABCs and PhDs: Anticipation

Last Tuesday my 7-year-old came home from school and proudly showed off his new library book about a super-hero who...

Reading improves the atmosphere

If you believe that the truly educated never graduate, then I'm still a student. Certainly, I read a lot. And...

Education or Advocacy? Engaging a Hotter World

Professors have an obligation to respond to the crisis of global climate change with a new form of engaging their students, writes Eban Goodstein.

Old Words for a New Leader

My occasional book the past few weeks has been Basic Writings of Mo Tzu, Hsün Tzu, and Han Fei Tzu...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Collaborating in the Classroom

I’m teaching a new course this semester, and it’s one that requires me to stretch quite a bit beyond my...

President Obama

When Barack Obama was born, his parents' marriage would have been illegal in Virginia. This Fall, he carried Virginia. I've...