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Sinkhole Ahead!
As longtime readers know, I'm no fan of the "D" grade. Basically, I don't understand it. (For the longer version...
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Career Coach: No Woman Is an Island, Part 1
I interned at a VA medical center in the early 1990s. In some ways, the experience was a glimpse into...
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The US military - a useful ally
According to an article in The Guardian last week, new photographic evidence of climate disruption was recently released by the...
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More Than Merit
Eszter Hargittai introduces her new column on how to prepare for a tenure bid -- from the first year of a graduate program through the years as assistant professor.
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Harvard Isn't Poor
It’s a dramatic tale: The story of the once-wealthy institution that houses America’s smartest -- our leading university, perhaps the...
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Friday Fragments
-- Yesterday I phoned in a conference talk as Dean Dad. Scott Jaschik did a panel at a regional conference...
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Thomas E. Kennedy Interview, Pt. 1
Today I'm fortunate enough to post the first of three parts of an extended interview with writer and teacher Thomas...
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Math Geek Mom: Indifference Curves
There is a concept in economics called “indifference curves”. These are a graphical picture of combinations of goods that would...