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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...
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Career Coach: Don't Rush to Grad School
Can't find a job? Don't go to grad school. The economy's tanking! Should I give up looking for a job...
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Contemplating rurality
When I'm not on campus, I farm. As a result, for the last 25+ years, I've lived a ways from...
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Getting wind of it
Not too long ago, I posted about how it's easier to defeat information-based change than to achieve it, particularly if...
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Local Food and Fiction
The indomitable Professor Cohen writes in response to my most recent post about creative nonfiction and food: Okay, so I'm...