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Arab Winter, Arab Spring

President-for-life used to be a steady job. Now it makes you a target. Scott McLemee considers a book on the Middle East's bad old days.

Not Just a Diversity Number

When college administrators talk constantly about their efforts to attract non-white professors, the supposed beneficiaries of these policies are marginalized, writes one such faculty member.

Finding motivation in the most unexpected places

Summer time is almost here and it is time to take a good and relaxing book and forget about the usual busy schedule of a normal day during the academic semester. However, for some of us, with academic interests but non-academic jobs, summer is the best time of the year to revisit old projects, apply for new funding and, eventually, find an academic job that will put an end to this schizophrenic way of working.

The Missing EDU Hardware Reviews

There was an interesting exchange in the comments section In Audrey Watters' recent (terrific) review of the new Chromebook over at her Hack Education home.

The Real Problem With the LSAT

The test defines legal education too narrowly and shouldn't be a requirement for accreditation, writes Jay Conison.

Expectations

The abrupt departure of President Sullivan from UVA, coming on the heels of well-publicized leadership vacuums in California, legislative bans on remediation in Connecticut and Kansas, and the ongoing issues of underemployment of new graduates, got me thinking about expectations.

DH Communities and Searching for *mes intimes*

What I have discovered through my involvement in DH communities: intellectual intimacy.