Confessions of a Community College Dean

A new correspondent writes: I would appreciate your insight on a situation I am dealing with at my community college...

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A returning correspondent writes: Well, here I am having just completed my first year as a tenure track faculty member...

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I don't usually do back-to-back posts on the New York Times, but this Sunday's issue provided atypically fine fodder. According...

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According to this article in the New York Times, the question of nerd-dom is finally starting to receive a tiny...

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A tenured, Canadian correspondent writes: I never used to have ambition to reach "full" level as it seemed beyond the...

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A grad student in psychology writes: I am an ABD grad student and am teaching my first class at a...

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One of the less lovely aspects of my job is talking with faculty whose promotion applications have been denied. There's...

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An already-employed correspondent (it's relevant) writes: ---------- I am not sure, but I think that I may have just received...

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