Opinion

Last week, I successfully defended my dissertation. (Yay!) It’s a huge milestone, and I am exhausted and happy and proud. But my degree isn’t quite finished yet. As much as I would like to just bask in good feelings and watch some cartoons, there are a number of tiny details to finish, from submitting the final dissertation to signing the right forms.

By Stephanie Hedge

People who know me will have a hard time picturing this, but it’s true.

By Matt Reed

I've been blogging and Tweeting for three years. I think I should say, *only* three years.

By Lee Skallerup Bessette

24 hours and 16 minutes is how long it took me to listen to the audio version of Steve Coll's Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power. That translates into 704 pages for all of you eyeball-centric reading people.

By Joshua Kim

Every once in a while I have the chance to put together a new lecture on a topic I find...

By Liz Stockwell

Being first at anything is hard, but being first at college is a bewildering and sometimes terrifying experience.

By Denise Horn

The African proverb “It takes a village to raise a child” is often used in education circles to stress the importance of community in the learning process. It is a concept that we in private higher education can apply to an area where colleges and universities continue to face new problems every year: the issue of drug and alcohol use and abuse on our campuses.

By Jack R. Ohle