Filter & Sort
From Chaos to Order
High School Friend on Right Ocean recently got a new provost at his university. He writes: What was interesting was...
Math Geek Mom: Seventy Seven Cents?
Women are paid, on average, only seventy seven cents for every dollar earned by men. As can be seen at...
Cleaner Air, Cooler Planet
Doing a greenhouse gas inventory for a college or university involves crunching a lot of numbers. Activities which generate emissions...
Advise and Consent
David Galef describes U of All People's humble effort to streamline its advice on advising for students and faculty members.
Motherhood After Tenure: Domestic Duties
Tomorrow is my best friend’s birthday and I’ve decided to give her an unusual present: I’m paying to have her...
Training Young Voters
Last week, The Wife decided that it was time to teach The Boy and The Girl about voting. She converted...
ABC's and PhD's: Gender equity in academic science?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 is a law that states: “No person in the United States shall...
Bad news/good news
First, the bad news. (And I guess the bad news could be good news, if you look at it a...