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Staff

With record enrollments this Fall, we've added unprecedented numbers of new sections. That means we've hired dozens of new adjuncts...

ABC's and Ph.D.'s: Parallel lives

My household is a bit disrupted this month with a visit from my sister and her family. These get-togethers are...

Prophets of Deceit

Obama is a totalitarian illegal alien! He's going to execute grandma! Scott McLemee takes refuge with a classic study of political mania.

Getting the Letters Right

When it comes to getting recommendations, you need to mentor your mentors, writes Teresa Mangum.

What Month Is It?

So a funny thing happened on the way to summer: I sat down to start writing a book, and when...

Parking

I &*%#(%*& hate parking. There is no obvious, elegant way to handle a sudden influx of students when parking is...

John Hughes's Lessons

"Bueller. Bueller. Bueller." As an untenured professor I live in constant dread that my voice will (like Ben Stein's in...

Input Without Content

Commiserating with an administrative colleague at another college, I discovered that we're both dealing with the same issue. I call...