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4 Months of Holidays? Not Quite!
Céleste Brotheridge and Raymond Lee are tired of non-academics who think professors live a life of leisure in the summer.
Email Trouble
The summer's usually a quiet time in academia, but UD's been kept busy covering a surprising number of dustups --...
Recruiting Student-Athletes
Nothing gets our academic principles exercised quite as quickly as a conflict between athletic excellence and academic standards. Any issue...
In the Year 2017, I'm a God
I caught a lot of grief this summer from readers upset with what I’ve posted on this blog. No, I...
Ask My Readers: How to Make a Career Decision?
A new correspondent writes: I have a career decision dilemma, and I'm not sure where to go for help/advice.After receiving...
Open Library
Imagine if world's most complete card catalog were just a mouse-click away. Scott McLemee chats with a young programmer who is making it happen.
Adjuncting Your Way In?: An E-pistolary Exchange
This originated as a private email exchange, but after it developed, my correspondent asked me to post it to the...
FERPA Allows More Than You May Realize
Nancy E. Tribbensee and Steven J. McDonald write that the federal privacy protection law doesn't prohibit much of the communication colleges need to protect students.