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Why I have no long-term commitment to the "tools."
Tractors are tools. Growing up in Iowa, I was always impressed by the variety of tractors that were used for...
Mothering at Mid-Career: Muffins
Sometimes teaching is a lot like baking. It helps to have a goal, and to have the basics down, but...
Strictly silos
I got a bit of a shock last week; it reminded me just how strongly the disciplinary culture rules at...
Admission to higher education in Brazil: the ENEM debacle
On November 7, 2010, 3.3 million Brazilian secondary school graduates, hoping for a place in a university, took the National...
Are colleges that expose confidential student records vulnerable to class-action lawsuits? No.
Nice try, Mr. Grande, the plaintiff's lawyer, but I don't suspect there will be any cigars. Many articles on the...
Thanksgiving: Binge or Break?
Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews two approaches by academics to the holiday.
Open Letter to SUNY Albany
Gregory A. Petsko writes about why he, a scientist at another university, is alarmed by planned cuts in foreign language programs.
Professing While Female
Where does professors’ authority in the classroom come from? On one level the answer is simple: it comes from our...