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Faculty Exchanges: Notes Toward a Proposal

Just thinking out loud here... Why isn't it more common to have, say, yearlong faculty exchanges between relatively nearby colleges...

Admissions Dysfunction

Mitchell Lipton, a dean, recalls three scenes that illustrate how something terribly wrong has happened to the system.

Where's My Bench Decorum?

UD learned a new phrase at the NCAA convention: Bench Decorum. People who discuss bench decorum worry about the growing...

Learning From Cats

Rob Weir nominates eight academic fights to give up in '08

Training

Thanks to everyone who answered yesterday's call! It helped, actually. Doc made a comment that particularly struck me, and that...

Hillary-ious

A new book looks at media bias in coverage of women running for president. Scott McLemee considers the talking points.

Administrators You've Actually Liked: An Informal Poll

This one is intended for the faculty, though anyone with constructive ideas is welcome to participate. Think back to (or...

Reclaiming Our Birthright

Contractual relationships with corporations have tarnished higher education's public image. College presidents and trustees must work to restore it, writes Constantine W. Curris.