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Piss Christ
Readers may recall a column UD wrote about bigtime university sports for Inside Higher Ed last year, in which she...
Reflections on Finding the Holy Grail
Today I welcome guest blogger Glen, a chum of the Churms from way back. He has done what I have...
Tenure and Spinach
New Kid has a great post, taking to task a particularly annoying “First Person” column in the Chronicle. The column...
Notes from the First Week Back
The Wife's birthday was this past weekend. She continues to look dramatically younger than her age, which I'll admit taking...
Fees
The New York Times ran a front-page article yesterday with the shocking – shocking, I say – news that colleges...
Background on the New Academy, and Questions for Bill Galston
The proposed Public Service Academy would be America's "first national civilian university" dedicated to producing "leaders of character" who would...
John Emerson Churm, 1918-2007
My father holding me, Saigon, 1963.
Ask My Readers: One-Year Gigs and Undergraduate Research
A returning correspondent writes: I have been skimming the latest crop of advertisements for physicsfaculty, and every so often I...