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Ask My Readers: Students Who Outplace
When they apply for admission at my cc, prospective students who haven't placed out already with SAT/ACT scores or AP...
Syncopation
During the academic year, there's a pretty good degree of synchronization on campus. Most people are around frequently enough that...
The Girl at Three
The Girl turned three last week. She's very different from her brother. With The Boy, you can see the man...
Ask the Administrator: Sports at Community Colleges
A new correspondent writes: Here at Way Up North CC, our little gym just died, and we're renovating it from...
Ask the Administrator: The Trial Run
A new correspondent writes: I'm currently ABD in an English Department at an R1 school, working on my dissertation and...
Ask the Administrator: Letters and Writing Samples
A grad school aspirant writes (edited for length): Applying for grad school is pretty different than applying for undergrad, and...
Opening Offers, Counteroffers, and a Tip for the Newbies
At my cc, some terms simply don't get used. Some are the predictable grad school-ish buzzwords: “counterhegemonic,” say, or “problematic...
When You've Got It, You've Got It
The Girl's birthday is coming up, and we're at a loss for ideas for presents, so the whole group piled...