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Policy and Parental Leave

This semester, my institution has been moving toward developing a family leave policy for faculty and staff. I'll start by...

Dad

My Dad died Friday. He was 69. He was at home. He had battled ALS – Lou Gehrig's disease –...

From Survival to Sustainability

College leaders are understandably focused on short-term financial woes. But they'll err -- and do long-term damage, Peter Stokes writes -- if they hunker down and avoid asking basic questions about what they do.

When Dreams Collide With Reality

To conduct a successful search for a position outside academe, Ph.D.'s need to confront their anger about feeling pushed out of the ivory tower, writes Christine Kelly.

Ask the Administrator: The Most Effective Faculty Protest

A savvy correspondent writes: I'm writing because my large urban public university recently hired a high-profile person who, in a...

Math Geek Mom: Looking at the Long Run

The other day I found myself watching “Good Morning America” while waiting for some work to be done on my...

Months and months

Patricia DeWitt makes a point which is entirely valid, at least if the expressions of a lot of staff folk...

Long Distance Mom: Antioch Confidential

“If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is...