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To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick
A Letter from Key West To My Friend David, In Memory of his Sister, Eve Sedgwick The southernmost sky is...
Don't Starve the Staff of Online Programs
In California, and to a lesser extent in many states, the problem of overcrowded community colleges and public universities is...
Policy and Parental Leave
This semester, my institution has been moving toward developing a family leave policy for faculty and staff. I'll start by...
Dad
My Dad died Friday. He was 69. He was at home. He had battled ALS – Lou Gehrig's disease –...
When Dreams Collide With Reality
To conduct a successful search for a position outside academe, Ph.D.'s need to confront their anger about feeling pushed out of the ivory tower, writes Christine Kelly.
From Survival to Sustainability
College leaders are understandably focused on short-term financial woes. But they'll err -- and do long-term damage, Peter Stokes writes -- if they hunker down and avoid asking basic questions about what they do.
Ask the Administrator: The Most Effective Faculty Protest
A savvy correspondent writes: I'm writing because my large urban public university recently hired a high-profile person who, in a...