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Pipelines Into Partnerships

Karen Gross looks to an old strategy -- the links between boarding schools and elite colleges -- as a possible alternative to today’s flawed admissions system for private colleges.
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Mothering at Mid-Career: Semester's End

Friday I held the last meeting of my seminar. I often find the last day of classes difficult; I always...
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After the Peak

This piece in the Chronicle got me thinking about Presidents and Vice Presidents I've worked under who had stayed on...
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Vacation Observations

--Kindles Are Everywhere: People seem to love to read on these things on the beach and at the pool. Mostly...
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Times of a little less money

In the course of my most recent mutterings, I made reference to the Great Depression. I did so to demonstrate...
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It's Crunch Time!

The end of the semester must be near because nearly all the new faculty members I met last week were...
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Don't Give Up on Universities

Last week, the New York State Board of Regents adopted a new policy that will enable non-universities, including organizations such...
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Breaking Even

I had a good discussion last week with a well-meaning professor who wanted to know why the minimum enrollment to...