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Not Achieving the Dream
Achieving the Dream is an initiative sponsored by the Lumina Foundation and spearheaded by one of my personal heroes, Kay...
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Tools of the Scholarly Trade
I've been teaching a seminar course for several years now designed for students who may be headed to grad school...
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Why You, in Higher Education, Should Blog
Almost a year ago, I decided to start blogging and got on Twitter. A few months after that, I responded...
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Math Geek Mom: Reasonable Accommodations
In the book "Mama, Ph.D.," my essay that tells of the very nonlinear path I took into academia and parenthood...
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Sharing 'The Disappearing Spoon'
The nicest thing that one person can do for another is to give a book (maybe that is why I'm...
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Ancient wisdom
There's a de facto standard answer to the question "what do you mean by sustainability?" Taken from the report of...
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What are international dual
Higher education institutions around the world are feeling increased pressure to deepen inter-institutional connections and accelerate human mobility. For example...
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Motherhood After Tenure: whose life-story is worth telling?
I was struck by Neil Genzlinger's purposely-provocative dismissal of recent memoirs in the NYT book review: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/30/books/review/Genzlinger-t.html?pagewa… In it, he...