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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...
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...
The Academic Success Entitlement
At one time, we imagined that students came to the university to learn, that they had an obligation to engage...
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...
The Suicides
The saddest of university events in September are the suicides of sensitive, displaced, and troubled freshmen. To a new school...
Generations
Garrison Keillor recently wrote something to the effect that it's shocking to wake up one morning and realize that the...
Overheard
EXT. BENCH NEAR STUDENT CENTER - DAY A PROF eats his lunch from a Styrofoam bowl. Enter his acquaintance, who...
The Sounds of Silence
Evil HR Lady gave me a heads-up regarding a question she received about adjoining faculty offices, when the respective faculty...