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Blind, Deaf and Dumb
Teaching students to read literature is about taking your time and encouraging them to do likewise, writes Laurence Musgrove. It's not about speed and the latest gadget.
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The Limits of Transparency
Search Committee Chair: The job starts next semester. Can you do that? Candidate: No problem! Rarin' to go! Woo-hoo! (skip...
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Guest Post: On Seeing Clearly
[ Recently I asked writer, editor and teacher Dinty W. Moore to join the conversation on teaching creative writing, and...
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A Guide for Consumers of Theology
Charlie Clark on what it might look like if U.S. News ranked churches.
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Just a Job
Picking up on the premodern vs. modern theme of yesterday's post, Grad School Friend (who is on the tenure track...
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Scathing Online Schoolmarm
Norman Mailer has won England's annual Bad Sex Award, posthumously, for a passage in one of his last novels. Here's...
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Plate of Shrimp
"It's like when someone says plate. And then someone says shrimp. And then someone says plate of shrimp .... It's...
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Time's Up -- Or Else!
Three things caught my eye this morning, each conveying a “time’s up!” warning. First, while savoring my first cup of...