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I have been spending the last few days reviewing my tenure and promotion recommendations to the President. Each tenure and...
The Pressure to Please
Aeron Haynie’s excellent post on girls and weight/eating issues made me rethink Ms. Mentor’s most recent column, “Being Nice or...
Nine Common Errors When Building a New World-Class University
“The opportunity to start from a blank page and create an entire institution from concept to reality is a rare...
Write Your Heaven, Win a Prize
Katherine Mansfield wrote, “Ach, Tchekov! Why are you dead? Why can’t I talk to you in a big darkish room...
LEMONIZING THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
Donald Light, currently Lorry Lokey Visiting Professor of Human Biology at Stanford, has presented a paper at this year's American...
Watching the Money
How will it all work out? The budget is a mess, the economy weak, the quality of high school graduates...
A Full View of Faculty Jobs
Professors' careers need advancement well beyond being promoted from one rank to another, writes Kerry K. Karukstis.
Missed Opportunities
Many faculties need more self-governance if they are to play a meaningful role in shared governance, writes Diana Chapman Walsh.