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The Undertow
(Warning: this one's a little vent-y.) Yesterday started with one of those meetings that left me drained, precisely because it...
Laptop Bans Are a Terrible Idea
A colleague sent me an article from The Washington Post, "Wide Web of Diversions Gets Laptops Evicted From Lecture Halls."...
You can't beat city hall
In order to address a number of Greenback U's sustainability issues, it's necessary that the campus work hand-in-hand with local...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Talking about Teaching
A colleague e-mailed me recently — would I be interested in getting together an informal group of folks, every now...
Online Teaching Advice for Matt Wasowski
Matt. Very much enjoyed your Views column "Switching Sides" on your preparation to teach online. The fact that you will...
Definition Question
Based on an offhand comment the other day, I'd love to hear from my wise and worldly (academic) readers to...
Treehugger meets treestabbers
A local crew of treestabbers has been around my place fairly regularly for the past week. And that's OK with...
The Problems in Portrayal
There are many difficulties in making black squiggles on a piece of white paper meaningful, but one subset might be...