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"I've Done Everything You've Asked Me To Do!"
One of the less lovely aspects of my job is talking with faculty whose promotion applications have been denied. There's...
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Ask the Administrator: "We Don't Really Like You, But..."
An already-employed correspondent (it's relevant) writes: ---------- I am not sure, but I think that I may have just received...
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University Presidential Memoirs
University presidents are a varied lot: some charismatic and charming, some dour and solid, some charlatans and others true believers...
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The Parents Out There Will Understand
I work hard at my job, but after this weekend, I'm looking forward to returning to work so I can...
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What a Special Operations Chaplain Knows
He was the best of us, as they say, but that’s not claiming much moral high ground. Back in what’s...
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What Ngo Trung Viet Knows
My preceding post was about a collection of poems by an 18th-century Vietnamese concubine, Ho Xuan Huong, who wrote in...
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Ask the Administrator: How to Break In
An adjunct, and returning correspondent, writes: If I was an English adjunct at your CC, where would you advise me...
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Ask the Administrator: The Best?
A new correspondent writes: Are community colleges required, either by policy or law, to always hire the job candidate who...