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Motherhood After Tenure: Conferencing
Today I travel to my lone academic conference of the year (not counting conferences within driving distance). Like many professors...
ABCs and PhDs: Discussion
Isn’t it funny how after you learn a new word you are suddenly aware of it being used all over...
There Is Nothing Outside the Txt
Is digital shorthand the end of literacy? Scott McLemee listens to a linguist.
Please, No More Edsels At Least
I wrote a while back about my feeling that the complexity of technology is accelerating so rapidly that we can’t...
Maybe I'm Jaded, But...
This story didn't surprise me. Having been on this side of the desk for a while now, I can attest...
Sustainability work #5 - Staffing the students
I don't want to say that I have as much contact with students as a typical faculty member, but I...
Failure in Urban Universities
Kevin Carey wonders why pathetically low graduation rates are accepted -- even as lawmakers focus renewed attention on inner city public high schools.
In Praise of Boondoggles
I have the relative misfortune of following in the footsteps of some pretty good managers. Right now a brain-dead predecessor...
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