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Friday Fragments

Actual dinner conversation: TW: So-and-so is dumb as a rock. TG: Rocks aren’t dumb! TB: Yeah! Rocks tell scientists lots...

Puzzled by Patron-Driven Acquisitions

The buzz at the recent Charleston Conference (and practically every other recent conference at which academic librarians have gathered) is...

Connecting With My Intellectual Family

I like conferences, I confess. There are so many types of conferences these days that it is hard to choose...

Math Geek Mom: Wisdom from the Neighborhood

One way that economists commonly use statistics is to do “forecasting”, to take what is known about today and to...

Motherhood After Tenure: book covers and first impressions

It's time to order the books for my spring courses. Because I teach Victorian novels, I'm continually trying to negotiate...

The State of the Rankings

Efforts to evaluate universities from around the world may be flawed, but they aren't going away so they need to be understood, writes Philip G. Altbach.

Ask the Administrator: Encouraging Junior to Stay Home

A new correspondent writes: My children are about to “leave the nest” and head off to college. I have been...

Walt Disney University?

“But I have to tell you, the biggest objection to [regulation] has come from the fact that The Washington Post...