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What Jim Knows
We finished reading for the AP exam in Louisville on Saturday, and I’m home now. But before I left, I...
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Ask the Administrator: Interview Etiquette
Weirdly for this time of year, I've been getting a lot of questions about job interview etiquette. Excerpts from two...
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How Greek Universities Stay That Way
Europe's worst university system -- and that's saying a lot -- has done it again. Ten senior academics at Panteion...
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Analysis
Some of you were curious if the man in the slideshow in my previous post is me. Alas, no. That’s...
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Ask the Administrator: Crossing Over to the Dark Side
A longtime reader writes: I'm the math department chair of a high school. I waspromoted from within. I recognize that...
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And Why Not?
Sometimes, when you've finished reading 56,000 exams, you have to take a break and go see a big concrete chicken...
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Ask the Administrator: "Excuse Me, I'm Right Here!"
A new correspondent writes: As a newbie adjunct, I have a question about propriety. At my Community College, I regularly...
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Keep 'Em Coming
Everyone focuses on neurasthenic high school juniors desperate to get into good colleges, but let's shift for a moment to...