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Bucking Conventional Wisdom on College Costs
Myths about higher education, believed inside and outside academe, hinder efforts to make key decisions, write Dennis Jones and Jane Wellman.
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Regional or National Accreditation?
In a comment a few days ago in response to my misgivings about a national online database of classes, someone...
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Career Coach: Finding Financial Support
Dear Susan, I just came across your blog, and I am excited to find women discussing the stresses of balancing...
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IN MEMORY OF LESZEK KOLAKOWSKI
Leszek Kolakowski's death reminds us that Terry Eagleton's recent attack on the atheism of Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins is...
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Tech Your Children Well
When considering the latest tools for teaching, avoid the trendy and focus on what really matters, writes Rob Weir.
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Professor Krammer Cleans Out His Office
David Galef looks on as an emeritus professor, wistfully, prepares to leave U of All People.
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Africa, Illinois
“History is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake,” says Stephen Dedalus in Ulysses. Ditto, but the more...
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Ask the Administrator: Tracking the Elusive Full-Time English Gig
A new correspondent writes: I am considering a English Education master's degree with the intent of teaching at community colleges...