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Enough rope to hang ...
The Boston Globe just published an article about homeowners’ associations which ban the use of clotheslines, and state legislative efforts...
The Laptop Ban: It's Not Just for Classrooms Anymore
More and more professors -- hell, entire departments -- are banning laptops from their classrooms. Now the business world's doing...
Customer Service, or Provider Responsibility?
The “colleges as businesses” model may be flawed, but administrators and professors can ill afford to not to listen to the plaints of their students, Todd Diacon writes.
All Those Administrators...
This story caught my eye. According to a study by the National Center for Educational Statistics, the percentage of full-time...
Evaluating Writing
Little Truths contest judge Steve Davenport is currently hunkered down with your entries—cogitating, masticating—and I strongly suggest we give him...
An edgy question
A correspondent asks, after posting a description of steps taken toward sustainability: “ a student emailed me asking broader questions...
The Soiling of Old Glory
A new book analyzes a famous photograph from Boston anti-busing protests. Scott McLemee takes a pre-post-racial look.
Ask the Administrator: A Career in a Crisper
A new correspondent writes: Within the last year I've completed my PhD in English. In thinking about future jobs, I...