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Selective Outsourcing
Following on the heels of IHE, there's a story in the Chronicle about several universities (Northwestern and Arizona State among...
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The Hopped-Up Conference Hopper
Bleary from academic gabfests, drugged with prescription narcotics... Scott McLemee wonders how Hunter S. Thompson ever managed.
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Going to The Fair
The World's Fair, that is, one of the ScienceBlogs from Seed Media, where the barker always shouts, "All manner of...
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The Real Meanings of Letters of Recommendation
Professors complain about all the writing they have to do to get students into grad school, but Randal Doane wonders if they think enough about the process.
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The Dreaded "300 Level" Course
Although I've been doing this for some time, I still don't fully understand how course levels are determined. This is...
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Aren't Blog Post Titles Tiresome?
Especially when the posting is just a couple of links to fun videos? The videos in this case represent a...
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'The Great Debaters': A Challenge to Higher Education
“The banquet of my Wiley years was the tutelage of Tolson.”-- James Farmer, Lay Bare the Heart Over the holidays...
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Ask the Administrator: Background Checks
A new correspondent, currently on the administrative job market, writes: To what extent is my candidacy for administrative positions hindered...