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Mrs. McSweeney
I was plucked by McSweeney’s Internet Tendency from gray anonymity and propelled onto the glamorous stage of Internet pseudonymity...
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Ask the Administrator: Those Pesky Spouses Again...
A newly-chosen department chair writes (obfuscated for anonymity): ------ We have a looming problem -- a beloved colleague of (several)...
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La Vie UD
The things I'll do for a post! I've dragged myself through hellish evening heat (summer's up and running in DC)...
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What Is Higher Education?
Many of us find it challenging to explain the American higher education system to non-academic audiences (and sometimes to academic...
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There's Distance Ed, and Then There's Distance Ed
Our distance ed coordinator stopped me in the cafeteria last week to report that she's trying to enroll a student...
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Universities Under the Influence
With her interest in the grotesqueries of bigtime university sports, UD has read tons of reports from tons of influential...
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Happy Bloomsday
Today is the annual worldwide celebration of Leopold Bloom’s adventures around Dublin in 1904. So set down your ashplant, hoist...
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Ask the Administrator: Going for Deanships
A new correspondent writes: ----- My question has to do with a dear friend of mine, an assistant professor of...