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Gossip
If I knew the literature well enough, I'd start developing a theory of academic gossip. As it is, I'm stuck...
Bad Idea in the Bay State
According to this article in the Boston Globe, Gov. Patrick is considering a plan to make community colleges in Massachusetts...
Where Your Testing Money Goes
Jim Barkus, Chief Reader for AP Literature, told us our punctuality each day and steady application to the task of...
Korporate Kollege Athletics
How stupid are American university students, professors, and sports boosters willing to be? Very, Selena Roberts points out in today's...
I Need Your Help
No, not with childcare; I have that under control. When Mrs. Churm left Sunday for the NAFSA conference in the...
"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...