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Ask My Readers: How to Make a Career Decision?
A new correspondent writes: I have a career decision dilemma, and I'm not sure where to go for help/advice.After receiving...
Adjuncting Your Way In?: An E-pistolary Exchange
This originated as a private email exchange, but after it developed, my correspondent asked me to post it to the...
Monday Musings
I'm not proud of this, but a few nights ago TB and I were reading Pirates Past Noon, an installment...
Ask the Administrator: Do CC Students Miss Out?
A prospective college student writes: I'm about to start my college career as a freshman at our local community college...
Ask the Administrator: Should Textbooks Count?
A new correspondent writes: I would appreciate your insight on a situation I am dealing with at my community college...
Ask the Administrator: Am I Selling Out?
A returning correspondent writes: Well, here I am having just completed my first year as a tenure track faculty member...
Pricing By Major, Revisited
I don't usually do back-to-back posts on the New York Times, but this Sunday's issue provided atypically fine fodder. According...
Notes on Nerds
According to this article in the New York Times, the question of nerd-dom is finally starting to receive a tiny...