Opinion

The Conference on Cold Fusion. Esperanto Again. David Galef offers a look at the academic meetings at which the faculty of U. of All People hopes to vacation, er, develop scholarly expertise this winter.

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My cc is taking a new look at guidelines for "advisory boards" for various "occupational" degree programs. (A quick definition...

By Dean Dad

The Chronicle has had a series over the last week or so about the salaries of college Presidents. I won't...

By Dean Dad

Reaching working class students requires not just professors' good will, but concrete efforts, writes Shari Dinkins.

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The spate of fake hate crimes at America's universities makes going after these people and punishing them crucial. Truly malicious...

By UD

I’ve always liked Adam Gopnik’s writing, but his recent piece in support of abridged books has an odd thesis imbedded...

By Oronte

Jason B. Jones writes that, done correctly, the kinds of statistical analysis politicians want in assessment systems can point to tough and important questions for professors and administrators to consider.

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A new correspondent writes: I am a Department Head for a large urban CC in a very small vocational program...

By Dean Dad