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Projecting sustainability
Michael Legaspi is concerned that too much of American higher education consists of political advocacy. He's right to be, and...
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Motherhood After Tenure: snow day
We woke up this morning to a world caked in white — big draping sheets of snow hanging from our...
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Smoking
A regular correspondent stumped me with this one. Has your campus found a solution to smoking? With record enrollments, my...
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The Educator-to-Student Ratio
College teaching is transitioning from a craft model where a single faculty member designs, delivers and evaluates a course to...
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Eavesdropping
My son and I arrived ten minutes before the official vaccination clinic start time, but already the line-up for H1N1...
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"Discipline"
Discipline is one of those words that can mean almost anything. A few years ago, Gregg Easterbrook mentioned that when...
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Dreaming of EDU Apps
I agree with the NYTimes' Jenna Wortham that the combination of the App Store and the iPhone/iTouch is a "Game...
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Neutralizing negativity (or at least offsetting it)
Sometimes, you need to fight fire with fire. Taking the high road (sharing information; describing costs, benefits and risks --...