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Suicide

Hank Payne, Denice Denton, Jorge Liderman, Jerry Wolff -- these are some of the more high-profile professors who've killed themselves...

Managing the Elite

A recent Inside HigherEd (May 27, 2008), and elsewhere in the media, reflects much excitement about the decision by various...

A list on the road to Damascus

Over the three-day weekend, I managed to do a little reading. One of the magazines that I actually pay money...

Mothering at Mid-Career: Academe and Parenthood -- Commenting on the Comments

I've probably spent more time than I should over this Memorial Day weekend at the IHE site, reading and re-reading...

Academe and Parenthood

Over at IHE, there's a story glossing two new studies that suggest that academics are less likely to have kids...

Shooting a baseline

OK, so I've got the numbers. We've completed Greenback's greenhouse gas inventory for academic years 2001 - 2007. The report...

Certainty

In a conversation with one of my department chairs this week, addressing a move we're considering making to respond to...

Drama Mama: Addicted. To Super Nanny.

Super Nanny was cancelled tonight – replaced by Lost. As if pretty, stranded people battling unknown forces could replace my...