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Scenes from Thanksgiving Break
A few vignettes from the holiday weekend: *** The Boy at lunch: "I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with...
Is This Trip Really Necessary?
If academics want to take global warming seriously, they can start by considering how much they travel, write Joyce Appleby and Nikki Keddie.
UD Gives Thanks to Thomas Doherty
Professor Thomas Doherty of Brandeis University will be in UD's Thanksgiving prayers today. Most Americans can't stand professors -- they've...
Happy Thanksgiving
A couple of weeks ago I called my old friend Frenchy and asked if he’d come for Thanksgiving. It wasn’t...
Access and Limits
Aspazia, characteristically, has a thought-provoking post about applied ethics. This time it's about some partial scholarships that her husband's college...
Man Bites Dog
A mainstream newspaper covering academic books regularly? Scott McLemee looks into it.
Conference Confidential
The Conference on Cold Fusion. Esperanto Again. David Galef offers a look at the academic meetings at which the faculty of U. of All People hopes to vacation, er, develop scholarly expertise this winter.
Advisory Boards
My cc is taking a new look at guidelines for "advisory boards" for various "occupational" degree programs. (A quick definition...