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Policy Sleuthing
(After the last few days, it's nice to focus on something else again.) I just finished another go-round of policy...
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Thank You
Thank you to all the supportive readers who left comments or sent emails after yesterday's post.I'm surprised to discover how...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: First Year
Lately I find myself wearing several hats. I’m chairing a committee to look into our first-year curriculum, for example, at...
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Betwixt Earth Day and the EPA
Last week, the EPA finally came to the scientifically obvious conclusion that greenhouse gases are pollutants worthy of regulation. That's...
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To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick
A Letter from Key West To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick The southernmost sky is...
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Policy and Parental Leave
This semester, my institution has been moving toward developing a family leave policy for faculty and staff. I'll start by...
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Dad
My Dad died Friday. He was 69. He was at home. He had battled ALS – Lou Gehrig's disease –...
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Ask the Administrator: The Most Effective Faculty Protest
A savvy correspondent writes: I'm writing because my large urban public university recently hired a high-profile person who, in a...