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Fees
The New York Times ran a front-page article yesterday with the shocking – shocking, I say – news that colleges...
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Ask My Readers: One-Year Gigs and Undergraduate Research
A returning correspondent writes: I have been skimming the latest crop of advertisements for physicsfaculty, and every so often I...
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Slack or Squeeze?
As those last few students trickle in to last-minute registration, those of us who throw ourselves into the scrum at...
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Trying to Remember 18
In an aside last week, I mentioned that my first semester at Snooty Liberal Arts College was an academic belly-flop...
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Great Ideas in the Garden State
New Jersey has been all over the higher ed headlines this week. Two pieces of great news: The prosecutor who...
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New Occupational Certificates
In a never-ending quest to serve demonstrated needs, we're considering developing certificate programs in some newly emerging professions: Celebrity Gossip...
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Ask the Administrator: Setting Up Base Camp
A new correspondent writes: After ten years or so of adjuncting around, I've quite happily been awarded a "full-time one...
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Ask My Readers: Grade Appeals
(I'm thinking out loud in this post, looking for constructive suggestions. This is not some sort of position paper.) How...