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Presidents on Allowances
The Chronicle has had a series over the last week or so about the salaries of college Presidents. I won't...
Depillation
The spate of fake hate crimes at America's universities makes going after these people and punishing them crucial. Truly malicious...
The Quick and The Small
I’ve always liked Adam Gopnik’s writing, but his recent piece in support of abridged books has an odd thesis imbedded...
Hell Hath No Fury
A new correspondent writes: I am a Department Head for a large urban CC in a very small vocational program...
Watch Lists
OK, I’m following the conversation in Washington about putting universities and colleges on a watch list if they increase their...
Of Pedagogy
There was a roundtable here last Friday on creative-writing pedagogy. I hadn’t RSVP’d for the event but agreed to go...
Death Valley
Although the very thought of it makes some academics blanch, I'm beginning to think that "evidence-based management" could be really...
Well, That Explains a Lot...
In the context of discussing ways to encourage her colleagues to try to reach students at different levels of demonstrated...