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"I've already lost quite a lot of career opportunities."
When a high-profile, well-compensated professor who’s also his university’s assistant vice president of government relations is convicted of a serious...
The Long View
Near the end of each semester a student inevitably asks, “Why is literature always about bad stuff?” Even if we’re...
Intro UD
It’s the end of the academic year, and so far the Associated Press and The Washington Post have featured articles...
Of Ideal Teachers, Part 2
But another kind of teacher, the artist, shows us how to see, and some of the most interesting are those...
Of Ideal Teachers, Part 1
My acquaintance Chaz and I were imagining an ideal teacher. Actually, we’d been talking about the future, when I intend...
Where Do They All Come From?
I succumbed this week and created my own MySpace page , largely on the advice of a New York Times...
The Constant Crisis of the Liberal Arts
The liberal arts have been in crisis in American colleges and universities in one way or another throughout my academic...
We Got Some Wild, Wild Life
This morning I had to climb up on the roof to release a squirrel caught in our trap. I have...