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In Which I Go Off My Nut
The end of every semester is, in a sense, a finality; all those minds I’ve been living in for four...
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Trickle-Down Departments
Over at Easily Distracted, Tim Burke has a fascinating piece outlining his proposed hypothetical liberal arts college. Among other things...
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ABCs and PhDs
Last month my son’s first grade class did a unit on plants, seeds, and fruits. When his teacher sent home...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: on girl athletes and women professors…
Sunday's New York Times Magazine cover story by Michael Sokolove about girls with ACL injuries has me thinking. The article...
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Random Glances of Exam Week
At her request, for Mother's Day I got TW a couple of little figurines that don't have facial features. TG...
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Accentuate, I'm positive
Back over Xmas/New Year's, my daughter introduced me to Dracula's Riddle, which took me about a month's worth of spare...
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False Economies
A friend who works at a respected public research university just sent me a copy of an all-campus email he...
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The Career Coach Is In: Where to Begin Looking Beyond?
This week’s letter addresses a common question of PhD students considering leaving academia – where does one even start exploring...