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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...
Lessons at a Video Game Convention
A decidedly non-academic meeting leaves Patricia G. Greene and Heidi M. Neck thinking about how higher education needs to change.
Ask the Administrator: Chairperson Interview Questions
A new correspondent writes: I was wondering if you could share some questions you might ask a chairperson candidate. Thank...
ABC's and PhD's: Damage Control
A flood has forced me to reckon with my past. As floods go it was minor and certainly no major...
The Not So Usual Suspects
Hiring workers from the corporate world to work in admissions, registrars’ and other offices requires managers and employees alike to think differently, writes Chuck Hurley.