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Mama PhD on the road
Last weekend, I had the opportunity to be part of a panel on “performing motherhood” with other mama PhDs at the OCSLG Conference at Loyola University Chicago. Elizabeth Coffman and I discussed our writing for this blog, while Shannon LC Cate and CL Cole discussed Shannon’s writing about their family in her own blog and at BlogHer.com and Babble.com. Although all four of us are mothers with doctorates, these twin threads of our identities as mothers, writers, and academics pull at us in different ways.
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Digestive dissonance
I recently participated in an event on Greenback's campus where food was served to students. Food wasn't the main focus...
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In Praise of Librarians
I had a chance to participate in a recent meeting of the Association of Research Libraries, the famous ARL. Before...
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Ask the Administrator: Improved Open Admissions
A regular reader writes: I teach at an open admission, 4 year college. Unlike community colleges, we actually pull our...
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ABC's and PhD's: Language bonds
Last August, while selling cookies and lemonade at a stand she set up with a friend, my 12-year-old daughter met...
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3 Questions for Blackboard at EDUCAUSE 2011
This is an important EDUCAUSE for Blackboard. Many of us will be taking a hard look at the company, the...
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So it's Sunday evening and I'm in my office on campus.
I like being here when it’s unnervingly deserted. It’s a great time to make sure I’m up to speed on...
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Enrolments decreasing by one million students? System contraction in Poland and the implications
The fall in enrolment levels in Poland expected for 2025 is the highest in Europe, and comparable in the OECD...