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Ask the Administrator: Nobody Wants to Chair!
A savvy correspondent writes: My department at a small private liberal artscollege has a dramatic generational split, with three senior...
Ask My Readers: How to Make a Career Decision?
A new correspondent writes: I have a career decision dilemma, and I'm not sure where to go for help/advice.After receiving...
Adjuncting Your Way In?: An E-pistolary Exchange
This originated as a private email exchange, but after it developed, my correspondent asked me to post it to the...
Monday Musings
I'm not proud of this, but a few nights ago TB and I were reading Pirates Past Noon, an installment...
Ask the Administrator: Do CC Students Miss Out?
A prospective college student writes: I'm about to start my college career as a freshman at our local community college...
Ask the Administrator: Should Textbooks Count?
A new correspondent writes: I would appreciate your insight on a situation I am dealing with at my community college...
Ask the Administrator: Am I Selling Out?
A returning correspondent writes: Well, here I am having just completed my first year as a tenure track faculty member...
Pricing By Major, Revisited
I don't usually do back-to-back posts on the New York Times, but this Sunday's issue provided atypically fine fodder. According...