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What Dinty W. Moore Knows
My guest today, Dinty W. Moore, is a writer and professor of English at Ohio University. His books include The...
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Becoming Richard Rorty
How did the life and work of the American philosopher interact? Scott McLemee interviews one of the "new sociologists of ideas"....
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ABCs and PhDs
This is the first posting from Susan Bassow, Dana Campbell, and Liz Stockwell. We are three biology PhDs who deviated...
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Silly Season
With finals just about to start, nearly everybody on campus is on her worst behavior. The students are jumpy, what...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: What do you need?
A month or two ago I received an email asking me to fill out a survey. I usually delete these...
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Rankings Go Global
Kevin Carey sees flaws in the increasingly international business of rating colleges -- but also sees legitimate reasons for the comparisons.
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Fun with Demographics
Over at the FACE blog, there's a worthwhile question about the impending drop in the number of 18 year olds...
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UD Takes A Year-Long Sabbatical From Teaching
The question of the sabbatical -- salaried time away from teaching and all other university activities --is caught up in...