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If It's True, It's Fascinating
According to this story in IHE, a retired Duke University professor named Stuart Rojstaczer has issued a study of grade...
An excellent article today
Elizabeth Redden's article today on study abroad and sustainability gives a good overview of the topic. For Greenback U and...
Transparent as Running Water
Tim Burke has a characteristically thoughtful post up about transparency and cost-cutting, and the various dilemmas that cost-cutting poses in...
Motherhood after Tenure: I love this job, but it is work
Last week I dropped by the departmental office to pick up my mail, take care of a few errands, and...
ABCs and PhDs: Taking stock on my last six months as "½-time mom"
Here’s my weekday morning start: I wake up in time for about 10 minutes of quiet before the 45 minutes...
You Forget...
what the world looks like when you're seven. An actual exchange last night: The Boy: You know, I try to...
Food, fuel
I often find it interesting to chase down links and other references provided when folks respond to my posts. Generally...
Cary Nelson, Provocateur
Well, that post title was a little redundant, don’t you think? For my readers not in academe, Cary Nelson is...