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Early Aid Could Lift College Aspirations
Making Pell Grants available to 11th graders could help students from low-income families realize that affording a higher education is within their reach, Mark G. Yudof writes.
Print 'Em and Ship 'Em
A new correspondent writes: >Why do community colleges mail catalogs to everyone? It seems like a lot>of expense for something...
Lessons Learned
Paula M. Krebs considers the way applying for a major foundation grant offers ideas for managing academic life generally.
Imagine the Chancellor
Doesn’t have to be the Chancellor. Could be. Drives a Beemer. Big smile, pants are too tight at the waist...
'Too Good' for Tenure?
Like most young faculty members, I began my first job with my eyes on the prize six years ahead --...
The Tempest, Act 3
Two weeks ago we went to see The Tempest at the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center f or the Performing...
Ask My Readers: Grad School Admissions
An assiduous undergraduate correspondent writes: Is it actually encouraged to email prospective advisors at the schools to which you will...
Cheap Thrill
It's always a cheap thrill when psychiatrists - especially academic psychiatrists - turn out to be infantile, ridiculous people. An...