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AWP, Part 2

Here's a pre-recorded version of the nonfiction reading I did today at AWP. Parts of it have appeared in different...
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Joe, Mauricio, and the Public Trust

Economic turmoil, change in Washington and demographic shifts make this an ideal time to rethink the way colleges recruit and admit students, write Jerome A. Lucido and Morton Owen Schapiro.
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Moving Targets

This week I've been a part of some very difficult conversations on campus about budget cuts and their implications for...
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Childish things, and the putting away thereof

Today is, as we've all been informed ad nauseum, the 200th anniversary of the births of both Abraham Lincoln and...
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Math Geek Mom: What do the Numbers Mean?

By now we have all heard the numbers telling us how large the stimulus package will be that we hope...
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AWP, Part 1

There are many temptations in the big city for a couple of fellers in from the literary countryside. Today was...
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Sexual Harassment and Group Punishment

The destructive impact of a form of discrimination shouldn't be used to justify solutions that may amount to public relations and violate the rights of innocent faculty members, writes Gary Rhoades.
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Motherhood After Tenure: Fearful Parents?

Peggy Orenstein’s recent column in the New York Times about parental fears in response to a USA Today report on...