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Recently, our college president spoke to the faculty. In her speech to us, she said that some economists think that...

I love Suze Orman; I can’t help it. Like her counterpart, Doctor Ruth, Orman speaks frankly about a charged topic...

Twice in the last month, I've been in meetings at which somebody suggested that the solution to some ongoing dilemma...

When my older daughter started elementary school, I asked about helping out occasionally in her classroom and I was politely...

In response to yesterday's post, several commenters asked variations on "well, okay, but what if the dean is a jackass...

It’s easy to feel an exhilaration verging on hysteria at the start of a big research project; you don’t even...

To attend a commencement last weekend, I had to travel overnight. Two related observations stick in my mind, although I...

If you haven't yet seen Tenured Radical's wonderful post on how to think like an administrator, check it out. Most...