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Do I Dare Eat a Peach?

Terry Caesar considers a series of cultural messages about educators and sex with students.

Forget Me; Think of the Librarians

Until our departments hire mystics, we may never know why some classes fall flat. We sit afterwards in quietude, trying...

The Academic Success Entitlement

At one time, we imagined that students came to the university to learn, that they had an obligation to engage...

Freedom of Speech in Administration

(The confusion evident in this post isn't just a function of sloppy editing; it's an accurate reflection of my actual...

Mark of Zotero

If you do research online, there's a new digital tool that will make your life much easier. Scott McLemee plugs in.

The Suicides

The saddest of university events in September are the suicides of sensitive, displaced, and troubled freshmen. To a new school...

Generations

Garrison Keillor recently wrote something to the effect that it's shocking to wake up one morning and realize that the...

Death of a Student, Chapter 2

For Wick Sloane, the fall semester of his community college writing course opens with a surprise.