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The Mad Scientists' Club
Now that The Boy is in first grade, he's at the age where we have to start making choices about...
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What Roy Kesey Knows
A big perk of writing for McSweeney’s Internet Tendency has been meeting people like today’s guest, Roy Kesey. Roy and...
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Thoughts on Adjunct Unions
According to IHE, adjuncts at Pace University in New York City had their bargaining unit certified three years ago, but...
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Plagiarism II: Yours, Mine, and Oz
"[T]here is an emerging concern about double standards," writes a University of Sydney professor to an array of university leaders...
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Don't Say Stepford
You probably know people who expect instant loyalty to their causes. Any hesitation suggests to them the work they’ll need...
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Ask the Administrator: Where Does the Money Go?
A Western correspondent writes: I work at a community college in northern California. I was hiredfull time after working part-time...
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Plagiarism: Yours, Mine, and Ayres'
"Several passages in Yale Law School professor Ian Ayres ... new book are unattributed verbatim reproductions or nearly identical paraphrases...
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Off the Grid
When The Wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, I gave some of the usual answers, and a...