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Words to Banish ... and Words to Use
Lake Superior State University on Thursday issued its annual "List of Words Banished from the Queen's English for Mis-use, Over-use...
Bleak News on the Front Lines
PHILADELPHIA -- Already down hundreds of job openings, the Modern Language Association discovered, at its annual meeting here, that it...
Tweetup at the MLA
PHILADELPHIA -- A tweetup -- that is, a gathering of Twitter users -- tends to be a casual affair, more...
Are American Students Lazy?
Adjunct's column, comparing them unfavorably to her foreign students, sets off debate over work ethic.
No Entry
Job crisis broadens. After MLA reports collapsing market for language professors, history and economics groups reveal huge drops in faculty positions.
Role Models and Stereotypes
Study both backs up and challenges conventional wisdom about whether presence of female faculty members influences female students' choice of major.
Proof That Mentoring Matters
Study of economists -- complete with control group -- shows impact of coaching women on the process or getting published and winning grants.
Hopkins Shares Too Much Information in Faculty Search
The history department at Johns Hopkins University angered many of those applying for a faculty job in early modern European...