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The Eggheads Scramble
How is intellectual life shaping up in the Obama era? Scott McLemee collects evidence from the news vendor.
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The Undisclosed Dance
Much of the campus discussion about students with disabilities has revolved around ways to provide accommodations that are both effective...
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An Offer for Online For-Profits
My offer is to evaluate the quality of a (hopefully representative) sample of your online course design and report the...
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Reading or not
I hear tell that Newsweek is for sale. Not just the latest issue, the whole operation. A modern media icon...
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Confessions of a Tenured Professor
Peter D.G. Brown writes about how he ignored adjunct issues for years, and why he's now become an activist for those off the tenure track.
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Mothering at Mid-Career: May Term
Our campus has a May term, an early summer school term that starts up soon after graduation and offers students...
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Serious Subjects vs. Frills
This post at Mama Ph.D. raised a number of worthwhile issues. It's basically about people making distinctions between the 'essential'...
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An 'Ask' for a New Digital Model
"I see you rolling your eyes. That’s right, you: the one in the fake-vintage rock ’n’ roll T-shirt and thick-framed...