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We’ve discussed the notion of cheating several times here at the University of Venus, its ramifications, philosophical perspectives, and devices...

What will the university be like in 30 years? In 1981 I was 12 years old, growing up in Brookline...

Last week, I riffed on a controversy over a library organization restructuring that led to new positions being created, old...

I just finished James H. Kunstler's novel, World Made by Hand. It's the tale of a small community near the...

Accreditation is about as ambiguous a measure as anyone could imagine. Yet, being “accredited” has tremendous value in the academic...

What if you could predict with confidence which prospective students would succeed in college and which wouldn’t? Apparently the University...

First we were soccer parents. I used to feel that we were the worst soccer parents in the world —...

Do you work with colleagues who have chosen to work something less than full-time? Perhaps these colleagues are income packaging...