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Gen Ed
IHE's story yesterday about a kerfuffle over Gen Ed reforms at the University of Kentucky convinced me that the issues...
Happy Halloween From Oronte Churm, Age 9
I think I was supposed to be Count Vronsky from Anna Karenina. I don’t remember who the cat went as...
Baby Got (Hatch)Back: An Automotive Snark
Last week, car shopping went abruptly from "I should think about that" to "I need to do this right now,"...
Print 'Em and Ship 'Em
A new correspondent writes: >Why do community colleges mail catalogs to everyone? It seems like a lot>of expense for something...
Imagine the Chancellor
Doesn’t have to be the Chancellor. Could be. Drives a Beemer. Big smile, pants are too tight at the waist...
The Tempest, Act 3
Two weeks ago we went to see The Tempest at the University of Illinois’ Krannert Center f or the Performing...
Ask My Readers: Grad School Admissions
An assiduous undergraduate correspondent writes: Is it actually encouraged to email prospective advisors at the schools to which you will...
Cheap Thrill
It's always a cheap thrill when psychiatrists - especially academic psychiatrists - turn out to be infantile, ridiculous people. An...