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What John Warner Knows
My guest today is John Warner, editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, a man who once took a chance on a...
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Beyond Islamophobofascism
Al Qaeda's strategists have a battle plan. Scott McLemee wants to duck and cover....
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Recruiting Without Paying
A returning correspondent writes: I'm just starting to think of the hiring season and, while I'm at a urban high...
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Deconstructing Faculty Work
Over the past decade much discussion has focused on the growing percentage of college teaching done by contingent faculty. Variously...
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Can Higher Education Manage Talent?
Colleges are better at helping other organizations' employees develop than at helping their own, writes Doug Lynch.
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College Break-Creep
No, not the guy standing in front of the toilet door on the charter bus from Michigan State to Daytona...
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Fun with Boards
Although some on campus like to talk about The Administration as a monolith, like The Borg, it's actually composed of...
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Scenes from Thanksgiving Break
A few vignettes from the holiday weekend: *** The Boy at lunch: "I'm thinking of a word that rhymes with...