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La Vie UD

The things I'll do for a post! I've dragged myself through hellish evening heat (summer's up and running in DC)...

Academic Freedom Needs Defending -- From Ward Churchill

Defenders of the controversial professor are undercutting the values they say they want to protect, writes Anne D. Neal.

What Is Higher Education?

Many of us find it challenging to explain the American higher education system to non-academic audiences (and sometimes to academic...

There's Distance Ed, and Then There's Distance Ed

Our distance ed coordinator stopped me in the cafeteria last week to report that she's trying to enroll a student...

Universities Under the Influence

With her interest in the grotesqueries of bigtime university sports, UD has read tons of reports from tons of influential...

Why Antioch Matters

The demise of a unique liberal arts college reflects a series of lamentable trends in higher education, writes Cary Nelson.

Happy Bloomsday

Today is the annual worldwide celebration of Leopold Bloom’s adventures around Dublin in 1904. So set down your ashplant, hoist...

Ask the Administrator: Going for Deanships

A new correspondent writes: ----- My question has to do with a dear friend of mine, an assistant professor of...