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The best idea yet for greening campus IT
When I do a sustainability audit for departments on campus, one of the things I look for is "converters" or...
Motherhood After Tenure: Does Parenting Matter?
Is it just me, or has there been a spate of publications suggesting that your child’s intelligence, personality, and future...
Things I've Learned from The Boy
A few days ago, we did a post-dinner Home Depot run. It wasn't terribly successful, and it was cold, and...
ABCs and PhDs: Recruitment
This season, the biology doctorate program in which I work had a wonderfully diverse, interesting and impressive pool of applicants...
The Bookstore Conundrum
A returning correspondent writes: As a Ph.D. student who actually purchases most of the books on the required lists, I'm...
No cold feet
Back when he was in seventh grade, my son undertook a science fair project. For 60 days he monitored the...
Ask the Administrator: What the Fish?
A new correspondent writes: After recently reading Stanley Fish's NY Times blog on education, I felt moved to write in...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Future Shock
This week I’m planning my summer class, ordering books and sketching out the syllabus. I’ve also just put in a...