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New Thinking on Wikipedia: Not Evil

Have you had the experience recently of your physician turning her computer screen toward you and googling something she needs...

In Which I Realize That We're Doing It Wrong

I've been slapping myself on the forehead all week, so I figured it would be safer to stop slapping and...

Motherhood After Tenure: the Teacher as Student

This week’s Chronicle of Higher Education contains an essay by Roger H. Martin, a former college president who spent a...

Craven courage

So ... "climate disruption", you say? I think I like it! Meanwhile ... Right after my clock radio switched itself...

ABCs and PhDs: Small Bites

My baby started kindergarten last week. Well, she’s actually five, and very ready for kindergarten, but she’s my youngest. I’ve...

Ask the Administrator: Gifts from Students

A longtime reader writes: One of my students from last year came in today and gave me a t-shirt that...

Charles Murray on Elites

As we wait for the next water to break on the Palin story, it's worth recalling that one of the...

The Dropoff

Although community colleges have a more age-diverse student population than most of the rest of higher ed, the average age...