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Co-op-ucation
Just one more thought -- really, a question -- on the subject of co-ops. Cooperation isn't just a form of...
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Motherhood After Tenure: Switching Roles, or, How I Turned into Archie Bunker
As I have mentioned before, my husband quit his job in January, making me the official “breadwinner” and reversing the...
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To Her, With Love
Marilee Lindemann considers the influence a single seminar with Susan Gubar had on her life – and worries that today’s public university students are less likely to meet the mentors who could inspire their intellectual dreams.
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PowerPoint Hates Freedom
A few weeks ago, I aired out some thoughts on webinars and their seemingly endemic suckitude. This week, several alert...
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From Consuming to Producing
The thing that sticks with me from my Ph.D. program was being told that the difference between an undergraduate and...
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The goodness of co-opness
Recent events like the explosion at Upper Big Branch and the BP drilling platform fire in the Gulf show up...
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A Brief Breath of Spring
Teresa Mangum sees a few hopeful developments in this year's gloomy job market.
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New Digital Tools
Two applications will make the time you spend online more efficient. Scott McLemee catches up with the pace of innovation.