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Are We Ready to Use Wikipedia to Teach Writing?
Robert E. Cummings argues that the popular online encyclopedia -- much derided by many professors -- can provide guidance that no instructor alone can offer.
Transparent as Running Water
Tim Burke has a characteristically thoughtful post up about transparency and cost-cutting, and the various dilemmas that cost-cutting poses in...
Motherhood after Tenure: I love this job, but it is work
Last week I dropped by the departmental office to pick up my mail, take care of a few errands, and...
ABCs and PhDs: Taking stock on my last six months as "½-time mom"
Here’s my weekday morning start: I wake up in time for about 10 minutes of quiet before the 45 minutes...
The Reader
To Kindle or not to Kindle? Scott McLemee thinks that's not really the question....
I'm a Professor. Now What?
In 1978, I got my first teaching job — at a public high school. At the conclusion of the interview...
You Forget...
what the world looks like when you're seven. An actual exchange last night: The Boy: You know, I try to...
Food, fuel
I often find it interesting to chase down links and other references provided when folks respond to my posts. Generally...