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Ask the Administrator: Starting Over
A new correspondent writes: I have a question about college teaching as a second career. Most of the advice I've...
Hang On to Your Hat (Just in Case)
The Large Hadron Collider at CERN will fire up Wednesday morning, though “it might take a month or two to...
Just chill out!
Another campus sustainability competition is underway, and this one has a video feed. Actually, it's not "another" competition -- it's...
Administrivia
I've seen two major personality types fail at deaning, each for the same reason: administrivia. Administrivia is the barrage of...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Revisiting the Mommy Wars
I've been saving links* to the Sarah Palin coverage for the last week and a half, but I'm still feeling...
Ask the Administrator: Academic Blacklists?
A regular commenter writes: Currently I am applying for jobs for 2009-2010. My specialization is Central Asian history, but there...
Career Counselor: Conflict With a Supervisor
I'm having a bit of a conflict with my supervisor, and I don't know who to ask about it because...
Point of reference
A bunch of academics, supported by an editorial staff based at Boston U, have put together the Encyclopedia of Earth...