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The Advising Handoff
To get a sense of the stuff that drives administrators crazy, see if you can spot the hole in the...
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Lecture Capture for Prelims
I heard a great idea from a faculty member today: lecture capture for prelims. Apparently, students are making use of...
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ABC's and PhD's: Balancing with young children
In surfing around the web I came upon this old thread, started in January last year on the Chronicle's “Balancing...
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The Undisclosed Dance
Much of the campus discussion about students with disabilities has revolved around ways to provide accommodations that are both effective...
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An Offer for Online For-Profits
My offer is to evaluate the quality of a (hopefully representative) sample of your online course design and report the...
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Reading or not
I hear tell that Newsweek is for sale. Not just the latest issue, the whole operation. A modern media icon...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: May Term
Our campus has a May term, an early summer school term that starts up soon after graduation and offers students...
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Serious Subjects vs. Frills
This post at Mama Ph.D. raised a number of worthwhile issues. It's basically about people making distinctions between the 'essential'...