Opinion

Academics can strengthen the online encyclopedia and benefit from doing so, writes Mark A. Wilson.

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At dinner last night with The Wife, The Boy, and The Girl: TW: How was CCD today? TB: Good. TW...

By Dean Dad

Sometimes, it's what you don't plan that goes well. Earth Hour, an event which originated only last year on the...

By G. Rendell

Bruce Simon writes about how the debate looks when your institution's entire budget would be a rounding error for Harvard, and offers suggestions for the wealthiest universities.

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...laptops tend to mean you're not getting any. 37 percent of Americans bring laptops (and other disconnect-anxiety stuff) to bed...

By UD

A longtime reader writes: I'll be starting a Ph.D. program in History in the Fall. I know the risks, and...

By Dean Dad

Paycheck envy aside, I'm glad I'm not a university president. Long hours, too many constituencies bringing too many competing priorities...

By G. Rendell

Champaign-Urbana is not a small town, though it’s often thought of as one. It’s actually two cities, of course, with...

By Oronte