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The Information Gap: Much Talk, Little Progress

There is still far too much data that we don't have about how higher education is performing, Dennis P. Jones argues.
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Math Geek Mom: A Sad Goodbye

This is a sad week in the life of Ursuline College, as one of our own has died. Jackie, a...
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Diversity of Ideas: Military Education on Campus

From Iraq, Rich Morales, a Yale alum, White House fellow, and battalion commander, weighs in on the university’s debate over restoring an officer training corps to its campus.
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Harder Than It Looks

An alert reader sent me a link to this story from the Times. It's a quick-and-dirty overview of non-credit job...
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Motherhood After Tenure: Advice to an ABD

One of my best friends has been struggling for the last ten years to finish her dissertation. She’s brilliant, has...
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PhDs and ABCs: Science Fair

My daughter came home from school with a slick science fair booklet last Friday along with a homework assignment to...
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Relocation, Relocation, Relocation

A new book reflects on the writer as migrant. Scott McLemee tracks it down.
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Ask the Administrator: Time to Step Down?

A department chair at a SLAC writes: I have served two [three-year] terms as department chair, and no one has...