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At our mid-year commencement a few weeks ago, a faculty member I have known for many years asked me if...
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Wisdom and Knowledge
In ninth grade, I had a wonderful, high-energy social studies teacher whose favorite exhortation was "wisdom and knowledge!" He'd usually...
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A Manifesto for Vendor Webinars
One of my colleagues jokes that when she retires from her academic tech gig that she is going to start...
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Some Heartening News
When wives earn more outside the home, and husbands take on more housework, marriages tend to be happier! Men are...
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Know Your Audience
Mary W. Walters considers two key ways to improve your odds of winning the favor of grant review committees.
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My Book, My Dreams
What happens when you pour all your effort into a work -- and hardly anyone seems to notice the result?
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Another Upside to the Recession
I've mentioned before that one upside to the Great Recession may be that it finally puts to rest the myth...
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An iPad for (My) Students?
Jim Groom is dead on - I'm pandering to the iPad. Why stop now? (But seriously….stay tuned for a full...