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What Roy Kesey Knows
A big perk of writing for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency has been meeting people like today’s guest, Roy Kesey. Roy and...
Thoughts on Adjunct Unions
According to IHE, adjuncts at Pace University in New York City had their bargaining unit certified three years ago, but...
Plagiarism II: Yours, Mine, and Oz
"[T]here is an emerging concern about double standards," writes a University of Sydney professor to an array of university leaders...
Don't Say Stepford
You probably know people who expect instant loyalty to their causes. Any hesitation suggests to them the work they’ll need...
Ask the Administrator: Where Does the Money Go?
A Western correspondent writes: I work at a community college in northern California. I was hiredfull time after working part-time...
Plagiarism: Yours, Mine, and Ayres'
"Several passages in Yale Law School professor Ian Ayres ... new book are unattributed verbatim reproductions or nearly identical paraphrases...
Off the Grid
When The Wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I gave some of the usual answers, and a...
Taking Their Money
One of the policies my cc works under is a rule about “ability to benefit.” Basically, it means that we...