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When I started teaching eons ago—by which I mean 12 technology years—most ambitious teachers hoping to see the work of...

A new correspondent writes: I’m now serving (on an interim basis) as director of a small program at a university...

We often hear that buying a house will be a family's biggest expense. I wonder if this aphorism still holds...

A few years ago, during the brief window when there was money, a few colleges engaged in 'cluster hiring.' As...

Contrary to our popular image, those of us who work in technology are often skeptical about its potential. We know...

As regular readers know, I listen to Marketplace podcasts faithfully. But this story nearly made me drive off the road...

With three sadistic university coaches fired in the last six weeks, and with outrage at their having been fired the...

Over the past several weeks, I have discussed the impact of attending a traditionally female college in the early 1970s...