Opinion

Bruce Simon writes about how the debate looks when your institution's entire budget would be a rounding error for Harvard, and offers suggestions for the wealthiest universities.

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...laptops tend to mean you're not getting any. 37 percent of Americans bring laptops (and other disconnect-anxiety stuff) to bed...

By UD

A longtime reader writes: I'll be starting a Ph.D. program in History in the Fall. I know the risks, and...

By Dean Dad

Paycheck envy aside, I'm glad I'm not a university president. Long hours, too many constituencies bringing too many competing priorities...

By G. Rendell

Champaign-Urbana is not a small town, though it’s often thought of as one. It’s actually two cities, of course, with...

By Oronte

Universities that want to really have an impact on global climate change should focus on their research and spurring the creation of green businesses, writes Larry Edward Penley.

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Tim Burke and Chad Orzel have recently posted some helpful thoughts on tenure and its assumptions. This paragraph of Chad's...

By Dean Dad

... is that you do talk about Scrap Club. According to a piece that I heard on public radio this...

By G. Rendell