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Bait
Tenured Radical has a thoughtful piece about faculty taking the bait when students with political agendas try to provoke them...
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Ask the Administrator: Incentives for Course Evaluations
In a timely note, a regular correspondent writes: My college is on a big push to do course evals... we...
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For-Profits and Satellite Radio
For a few years in the mid-2000’s, I was a fan of satellite radio. I had a longish commute, and...
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Ask the Administrator: Where Do You See Yourself in Five Years?
A perplexed correspondent writes: Right now I am a Community College Adjunct who is applying for some full time positions...
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Ask the Administrator: The Library as Ladder?
A new correspondent writes: I am the library director at a small liberal arts institution. I have worked closely with...
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Helpful Hints for Hidden Hoops
Over the past week, I've heard three separate discussions of invisible hoops in the job market that disfavor folks who...
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Diversity Begins At Home
The Wife is Catholic, and I’m not. She’s raising the kids Catholic, though we’ve negotiated some boundaries on that. The...
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Seasonal Academic Disorder
One of my colleagues calls this month “Hatepril.” It’s an awful time. With the academic year in the final stretch...