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Opinion
Megacity, Many Questions
Our old friend Charlie Hailey, who happens to be young and brilliant, told me I should read the wonderfully-named Lars...
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Ask the Administrator: Selling Assessment
A new correspondent writes: I'm interviewing for an interesting non-faculty position soon, and before I go in to the interview...
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ABCs and PhDs: What next?
I've been away from teaching for four years now, since our relocation to the Vancouver area and the subsequent birth...
Opinion
On the Fringe
Looking around at my fellow adjunct professors, it bothers me how many are mothers holding PhDs. I can’t help but...
Opinion
Ask the Administrator: Firing Student Assistants
A regular reader writes: I'd love to hear people's advice on how to fire student assistants gracefully. Better still, I'd...
Opinion
The joys of decentralization
I've commented before on the challenges Greenback is facing, accounting for the considerable greenhouse gas emissions resulting from things like...
Opinion
Naming Names: Ten Rules
Periodically, universities and their friends engage in a flurry of conversations about naming things on campus, usually triggered by a...
Opinion
Ask the Administrator: Rounding Up References
An occasional correspondent writes: I've been teaching as an adjunct for five semesters at my local community college. I carry...