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Out of Focus?
So, it was Friday, February 1 — the day after Focus the Nation — and I was basking in the...
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When Good Schools Won't Close
Oh, I know: Your drifts are bigger than our drifts, and all that. Our friends in Green Bay won’t be...
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Focusing on Sustainability
Thursday was the date for the national sustainability teach-in event called “Focus the Nation” ( focusthenation.org), a national “day of...
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Ask the Administrator: The Case of the Haunting Husband
A new chair writes: I am a first year chair of a medium sized department at a community college (college...
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An Introduction
How do I think -- much less talk, write or teach -- about sustainability and higher education? The prospect's pretty...
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I Had No Idea
This week’s Economist brings news that Dr. Craig Venter has made the penultimate step toward “what people are hoping to...
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Scathing Online Schoolmarm
Drunken assholes in a rage don't make decorous fans. The NCAA, whose annual meeting in Nashville UD just attended, can...
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Ask the Administrator: Slowly...Slowly...
A new correspondent writes: I just started teaching part time for a local college and have applied for a full...