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Behold, A Black Horse
Yep, just as Revelation predicted, on the heels of war comes famine—the strange self-chosen famine of the overfed society—announced by...
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Ask the Administrator: ABD Seeks JOB
A returning correspondent writes: I am in the midst of completing my dissertation,wrestling with 250 pages of text at the...
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Ask the Administrator: Adjunct Course Development
A new correspondent writes: I am a recovering adjunct. I still teach a fewcourses but I am now doing more...
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Forget Me; Think of the Librarians
Until our departments hire mystics, we may never know why some classes fall flat. We sit afterwards in quietude, trying...
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The Academic Success Entitlement
At one time, we imagined that students came to the university to learn, that they had an obligation to engage...
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Freedom of Speech in Administration
(The confusion evident in this post isn't just a function of sloppy editing; it's an accurate reflection of my actual...
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The Suicides
The saddest of university events in September are the suicides of sensitive, displaced, and troubled freshmen. To a new school...
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Generations
Garrison Keillor recently wrote something to the effect that it's shocking to wake up one morning and realize that the...