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The Bulldozer and the Big Tent
Is Todd Gitlin a "left conservative"? Scott McLemee interviews him for a podcast and considers some afterthoughts.
Ph.D.'s at CC's
An alert reader noticed my passing comment in a post last week and wrote to ask why I would support...
On Serving as President and Provost ... at the Same Time
Having both positions gives Susan Herbst new ideas about their roles and their relationship.
Another Sign of the Apocalypse
One of the drawbacks of writing with a pen name is the restriction it places on topics. I can’t tell...
Taxing the Sports Factory
Since at least the early 20th century, it has been fashionable to attack college athletics as distorting the priorities of...
Ginsberg Again
Brown University student, 2007: '...so as to end up flaccid, immobile , alone on the carpet of a dorm room...
Looking the Part
There's an eyebrow-raising discussion over at New Kid's, in response to a first person piece in the Chronicle. I didn't...
I Was a Progression Requirement Pusher
Todd A. Diacon comes clean on a practice that many colleges accept without question, but that he writes is more about convenience than about education.