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Reading 'The Haves and the Have-Nots'
If you went to grad school in sociology in the 1990s you probably talked about inequality ( what we called...
Confusing Excess With Access
Last week, I confessed to having something of a crisis of faith. I was attending a fascinating workshop on library...
From Out of the Shadows
Despite warnings from friends, Maria Shine Stewart added a for-profit college to her adjunct teaching schedule. She shares her experiences.
Transforming Terror
If 9/11 "changed everything," what did killing Osama bin Laden do? Scott McLemee looks at an anthology on the climate of terror.
ABC's and PhD's: Call it a day
I was taken with the “What do professors do all day?” blog that Libby pointed to in her blog a...
Amazon and the Absent Conversation with Higher Ed
Amazon.com should get to know us better. We'd like to get to know Amazon. What company is so entrenched in...
The Achilles' Heel of the For-Profits
Quick -- what’s the fatal flaw of for-profit higher ed? Adjuncts? Nope -- the nonprofits invented the genre, and have...
What Are You Teaching Next Semester?
I have been an adjunct for almost a year now. Last January, amid a flurry of stress, and uncertainty about...