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On messages and bottles and such
According to emails that have come across my screen, students from Seattle, WA to Cambridge, MA are organizing to ban...
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Ask My Readers: Questions for Some Bigwigs
Scott Jaschik, at Inside Higher Ed, will be moderating a panel at the AACC meeting in Philadelphia entitled "Community Colleges...
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Spring Break
The way I read this chart by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans are spending on average only 20...
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Ask My Readers: When the Bench is Thin
A longtime reader and correspondent writes: In my academic program, our dean will be retiring in 4-5 years. We have...
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Campus conservation conundrum
As I write this, I’ve just finished reading an online article from Scientific American, about how the oldest, toughest, thickest...
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The Star Wars Party
TB attended a birthday party on Saturday with a Star Wars theme. If you don't have kids around this age...
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Ask the Administrator: For Love or Money?
A new correspondent writes: I read your blog, and now I have a question. I am currently teaching as an...
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Little Truths Contest Winners
It’s time for the big reveal, as they say! Contest judge Steve Davenport’s been reading all week to narrow down...