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UD Gives Thanks to Thomas Doherty
Professor Thomas Doherty of Brandeis University will be in UD's Thanksgiving prayers today. Most Americans can't stand professors -- they've...
Happy Thanksgiving
A couple of weeks ago I called my old friend Frenchy and asked if he’d come for Thanksgiving. It wasn’t...
Access and Limits
Aspazia, characteristically, has a thought-provoking post about applied ethics. This time it's about some partial scholarships that her husband's college...
Man Bites Dog
A mainstream newspaper covering academic books regularly? Scott McLemee looks into it.
Conference Confidential
The Conference on Cold Fusion. Esperanto Again. David Galef offers a look at the academic meetings at which the faculty of U. of All People hopes to vacation, er, develop scholarly expertise this winter.
Advisory Boards
My cc is taking a new look at guidelines for "advisory boards" for various "occupational" degree programs. (A quick definition...
Presidents on Allowances
The Chronicle has had a series over the last week or so about the salaries of college Presidents. I won't...
Trading in the Blue Collar
Reaching working class students requires not just professors' good will, but concrete efforts, writes Shari Dinkins.