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An Introduction
It gives us great pleasure to launch the Mama, PhD blog here on Inside Higher Ed! Mama, PhD is a...
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What Josh Birnbaum Knows
Another of the benefits of revealing my real name and location is the ability to profile remarkable people I’ve met...
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Freecycle it
One of the mantras of the sustainability movement is "reduce, reuse, recycle." The three options are stated in order of...
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Spending Per Student
There's a provocative piece in yesterday's IHE about a study on per-student spending at various levels of higher ed, and...
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Death of a Mentor
Only yesterday did I hear of the death, last September, of Professor Emeritus James J. McNiece, Jr., of Northern Illinois...
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Modest proposal #11 - Take the day off
Let's say you live some distance from campus, not near any other employees who work a schedule similar to yours...
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Vent to the Administrator: College as Playground
A new correspondent writes: I've been a faithful reader for a while now ... an issue has been brought to...
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Fine-Tuning the Crap-O-Meter
My brother -- who sometimes comments as "brother of dean dad" -- sent me an email yesterday about rhetorical moves...