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Market Failure
Why, after 30 years of deregulation, is the state bigger than ever? Scott McLemee checks out a new book on the paradox.
Second-Year Scholarships and Subsidized Slacking
Okay, I'll admit to being a sucker for certain kinds of ideas: they're usually 'what ifs' that involve upending a...
Is This How Historians Feel All the Time?
Teachers, who age while the students in their classes do not, are big on noting time’s passage. Most often this...
Fear and Humiliation as Legitimate Teaching Methods
His anthropology research leaves Alex Golub with an uncomfortable conclusion: Sometimes a "sink or swim" pedagogy makes sense.
Ask the Administrator: An Interview Curveball
A new correspondent writes: I'm currently an adjunct ESL teacher, and I just interviewed for a full-time position in my...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Mentoring and Mothering
Six years ago I wrote an essay I called "Mama Mentor."* In it I talked about mentoring a former student...
I Swear I Am a Patriot
Academics should be paying close attention to the political debates about loyalty to the United States, writes Milton Greenberg.
Career Coach: Do I Dare to Try to Reach?
just ran across your blog today and it immediately caught my attention. I think you may be able to offer...