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#ASA2010, Multi-tasking the Academic Conference
Atlanta in August – hot, humid, and sticky. It had been seven years since I had attended the American Sociological...
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Choosing 'The Art of Choosing'
I decided to read Sheena Iyengar's new book, The Art of Choosing, after watching her TED Talk. The opportunity to...
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Transparent
I have been spending the last few days reviewing my tenure and promotion recommendations to the President. Each tenure and...
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The Pressure to Please
Aeron Haynie’s excellent post on girls and weight/eating issues made me rethink Ms. Mentor’s most recent column, “Being Nice or...
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Nine Common Errors When Building a New World-Class University
“The opportunity to start from a blank page and create an entire institution from concept to reality is a rare...
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Write Your Heaven, Win a Prize
Katherine Mansfield wrote, “Ach, Tchekov! Why are you dead? Why can’t I talk to you in a big darkish room...
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LEMONIZING THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Donald Light, currently Lorry Lokey Visiting Professor of Human Biology at Stanford, has presented a paper at this year's American...
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Watching the Money
How will it all work out? The budget is a mess, the economy weak, the quality of high school graduates...