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Mothering at Mid-Career: Labor Day
Many years ago, my husband and I planned our wedding for Labor Day weekend. Almost everyone we knew was a...
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Don't be idle
My local paper recently printed a column by Click and Clack which included a query about whether buying a used...
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Staying Motivated
Learning how to manage frustrations and avoiding burnout are key in grad school, writes Alexes Harris.
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The Don'ts of Higher Ed Reform
The 18 months that I spent on Margaret Spellings’ Commission on the Future of Higher Education left me convinced that...
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An Adjunct World
Today’s news brought word of adjunct teachers in higher education being “hidden” by their employers in order to improve U.S...
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Swine Flu and Attendance Policies
My friend Lesboprof is fighting the swine flu, which I imagine is no fun at all. Apparently, her Uni has...
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Math Geek Mom: Probabilities and Possibilities
Last week, as classes started, I performed an experiment that I always use on the first day of each of...
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Active Learning and the Scarcity Model of Grading
" I've been mentally toying with a scheme that looks like this: separate teaching from grading, then reward teaching that...