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Social Media and the Department
I was hoping to engage in a dialogue with this community about how departments (or units or divisions etc.) can...
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PARTY ON
Contemporary Americans, wrote the philosopher Richard Rorty, are "rich fat [and] tired;" they live in an "Alexandrian" culture. Craig Brandon's...
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Art of the Conference Paper
Alessandro Angelini explains how grad students can impress when they present at academic meetings.
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Shrub Studies
In a new collection of essays, scholars assess the presidency of George W. Bush. Scott McLemee takes a look.
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What can Texas Hold 'Em Teach Me About Technology?
I'm playing in a poker tournament next week for an association's foundation fund. Apparently I will be playing something called...
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7 Ways College Has Improved Since 91
We spend so much time worrying about what is wrong with our U.S. higher ed system that it is easy...
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When Everyone Leads, Who Labors?
Anyone in the academy already knows that if a letter of recommendation praises a student as a ‘hard worker,’ the...
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Telling the Future
The Boy's school recently had Back to School night, so the four of us went to see what there was...