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What passes for thought leadership
A white paper recently crossed my desk. Issued by TRIRIGA, a facilities management consulting outfit recently purchased by IBM, it...
No More Spring Scrambles
This year, we're trying something different. As many a frustrated academic knows, there's a hiring season for full-time faculty. Broadly...
Google, Motorola, and Education
So Google is going to spend $12.5 billion to acquire Motorola Mobility. If you read Larry Page's post, one of...
Mothering at Mid-Career: "My Own Work"
Every fall it’s this way. Mid-August comes and I hit the panic button, realizing how much work I have left...
How Do You Define an Academic?
Last May, I left my teaching position without a job prospect in sight. It was a gamble, I admit; at...
Spend More Money On Technology
I'm hoping that we can circle back to Archibald and Feldman's 6/14/11 piece " What Bubble?" Archibald and Feldman write...
Administration 101
A middle level administrator I know was faced with a dilemma. The person had agreed to make a program recommendation...
The Dorsal Fin
It’s that time of the summer. Now that the rest of the world has passed “shark week,” we academics can...