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Buying Books: A Predictive Equation
I buy lots of books. All this book buying is strange, as I have a world-class academic library steps away...
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Motherhood after tenure: Wisconsin, Never Let Me Go
Today was my last day of classes and finally it feels like spring in Wisconsin. While I do have exams...
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The Seduction of Belonging
In her well-known 1984 essay, “Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals,” Carol Cohn writes of her...
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Election excitement
A few days ago I ran into a friend at a coffee shop, and as we waited in line for...
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Disaster Recovery
I’ve followed with interest the outbreak of tornadoes in the South and Midwest, especially in Arkansas. Several colleges there have...
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4 Reasons Why Local Meetings Should Be Conducted with Web Meeting Tools
Adobe Connect, WebEX, GoToMeeting, LiveMeeting, Skype, Elluminate ( what am I missing?), these web conferencing tools are not just for...
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Senior Instructors and the University Space
After working for more than ten years in higher education as contingent faculty (adjunct in the US and sessional in...
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Academic employment - security (3)
Some folks just never want to leave campus. That is, they come as students, they get work/study or internships, they...