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A few days ago we got word of the latest round of state funding cuts. I've literally lost track of...

Several weeks ago, an article ran in Inside Higher Ed about the interest of many graduate students in jobs that...

When I do a sustainability audit for departments on campus, one of the things I look for is "converters" or...

Is it just me, or has there been a spate of publications suggesting that your child’s intelligence, personality, and future...

A few days ago, we did a post-dinner Home Depot run. It wasn't terribly successful, and it was cold, and...

This season, the biology doctorate program in which I work had a wonderfully diverse, interesting and impressive pool of applicants...

A returning correspondent writes: As a Ph.D. student who actually purchases most of the books on the required lists, I'm...

Back when he was in seventh grade, my son undertook a science fair project. For 60 days he monitored the...