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Encouraging Political Incorrectness and Civility
Paul Lyons considers how to encourage undergraduates to talk about sensitive issues, including race, without fear of offending liberal dogma but showing respect for all.
Mothering at Mid-Career: Why travel?
I often wonder if the academic conference is going the way of the dinosaurs. They are expensive, after all, and...
Ask the Administrator: ERP!
A new correspondent writes: I am currently on the administrative market. I've had one interview, and this topic did not...
We Need a New Kind of Institutional Aid
Congress needs to create a program that rewards colleges and universities that educate disadvantaged students, write Charles B. Reed and F. King Alexander.
When You Don't Want to Teach That Course
Dear Survival Guide: My chair just asked me to teach a course I've never taught, and which I think is...
A Sonnet for Nicholas Hughes
Each suicide writes a new life storyWith obvious portents like something out of Dreiser Or like the junior high school...
Ask the Administrator: Internships
A new correspondent writes: Recently I've noticed an increase of reports in the popular press proclaiming an "internship arms race"...
On crashing and burning in public
My previous post was perhaps not worse than a crime, but it was definitely a blunder. To go 0-for-2 in...