Opinion

A good friend from grad school came to visit this weekend. He is the chair of his department, and has...

On November 9, 1965, my doctor appointment in mid town Manhattan lasted longer than I expected and I needed to...

Last week, Ben's band had their first paying gig in Manhattan. It was a pretty big deal -- an attractive...

I have been focused, some might say obsessed, with concern about the future of higher education, if not since I...

Several alert readers pointed me this week to the launch of the New College of the Humanities in England. Although...

The social networking site makes it more difficult to teach students to write for those other than themselves, writes Lisa Lebduska.

If you're thinking about doing work in a non-academic setting, style matters -- but there's no need to be intimidated, Jessica Quillin writes.

I had an unusually busy travel year. Usually, I go to one conference - at most. This time I went...