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Ask the Administrator: Getting the Boss Fired
A returning correspondent writes: Here's the situation: I worked as a TA for an intro level survey course for a...
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Your Little 3-Inch Churm
My nomination a couple of weeks ago for the Dean’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching required letters of support...
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When a Workplace Skips a Generation
There's a fairly wide, if shallow, literature out there on different generations in the workplace. It's often fun to read...
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ABCs and PhDs: Grad student family leave policies
A graduate student I know at a well-respected public university had a baby last year. This spring her husband’s job...
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Omaha stakes
Warren Buffett has seen the future of personal transportation, and it isn't spelled "GM". The Oracle of Omaha (or, more...
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Mothering at Mid-Career: 'Balancing Teaching and Research'
Someone just asked me to participate in a panel discussion on “balancing teaching and research” (this in the context of...
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Ask the Administrator: Perceptions of Online Graduate Degrees
A new correspondent writes: I am two years into the four year tenure process at my community college after having...
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The Bright Side of Economic Freefall
As the soufflé of an overleveraged economy collapses, it's easy to focus on the negative. I spent most of December...