Opinion

Thursday was the date for the national sustainability teach-in event called “Focus the Nation” ( focusthenation.org), a national “day of...

By G. Rendell

A new chair writes: I am a first year chair of a medium sized department at a community college (college...

By Dean Dad

How do I think -- much less talk, write or teach -- about sustainability and higher education? The prospect's pretty...

By G. Rendell

This week’s Economist brings news that Dr. Craig Venter has made the penultimate step toward “what people are hoping to...

By Oronte

Drunken assholes in a rage don't make decorous fans. The NCAA, whose annual meeting in Nashville UD just attended, can...

By UD

David Galef's latest dispatch from U of All People, in honor of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual meeting this week.

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A new correspondent writes: I just started teaching part time for a local college and have applied for a full...

By Dean Dad

How many degrees are there separating Stanley Fish, Tom Cruise, and Maoist revolution? Scott McLemee finds out....

By Scott McLemee