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Better-Than-Ivy Education: $7,376 a Year
Many American students and parents thirst for colleges focused on “value.” Vance Fried offers a new model.
Tiers
I had a conversation this week with a colleague at whose college, as at so many others, the level of...
Mothering at Mid-Career: The Myth of Indispensability
One of the nice things about blogging is the sense it can provide of participating in an ongoing conversation. After...
The Career Coach Is In: Transition, From the Inside Out
This week’s letter is from a tenured creative writing professor at a state college, who has two small children and...
My Semester With an Asperger Syndrome Student
Stephen A. Yoder describes how he responded to "Fred," who never identified himself as having the condition.
Ask and Ye Shall Receive...
Before my sojourn, I asked folks to contribute any tips for academic job candidates going out on interviews. Lo and...
Happy July 4th from the Heartland
She'll have to drop the torch and the tablet to use it, though.
Have We Given Up on the Idea of Earth?
We live with constant news of environmental catastrophe and possible, probable and certain extinctions, including humankind’s. Granted, the reports are...