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Staff Teaching
My college is grappling with this issue now, and I’m wondering how others have handled it. We have some twelve-month...
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Motherhood After Tenure: Finding Focus, Letting Things Go
I’ve just realized that when I’m exercising I take responsibility for the whole room. Let me clarify: I’m not teaching...
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Connotation and quality
It's just dawned on me that we shouldn't be talking about "accountability" in the educational system. The current connotation of...
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Strong Basis in Confusion
As someone integral to the hiring process at a public institution, I take particular interest in the New Haven firefighters'...
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Lunch on the Lam
There was a time when I faithfully brought lunch to work. It was economical, and it saved driving, and it...
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True accountability
"Accountability" is one of those lightning-rod words in the educational community. Far too often, it means teaching only those things...
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Umps and Academics
I just finished Bruce Weber’s new book , As They See ‘Em, which is about professional umpires. As a longstanding...
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Career Coach: More on the Mature Mama PhD
Psychology is a second career for me. I returned to graduate school at age 36, and turned 40 during my...