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Is This Trip Really Necessary?

If academics want to take global warming seriously, they can start by considering how much they travel, write Joyce Appleby and Nikki Keddie.
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UD Gives Thanks to Thomas Doherty

Professor Thomas Doherty of Brandeis University will be in UD's Thanksgiving prayers today. Most Americans can't stand professors -- they've...
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Happy Thanksgiving

A couple of weeks ago I called my old friend Frenchy and asked if he’d come for Thanksgiving. It wasn’t...
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Access and Limits

Aspazia, characteristically, has a thought-provoking post about applied ethics. This time it's about some partial scholarships that her husband's college...
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Man Bites Dog

A mainstream newspaper covering academic books regularly? Scott McLemee looks into it.
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Conference Confidential

The Conference on Cold Fusion. Esperanto Again. David Galef offers a look at the academic meetings at which the faculty of U. of All People hopes to vacation, er, develop scholarly expertise this winter.
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Advisory Boards

My cc is taking a new look at guidelines for "advisory boards" for various "occupational" degree programs. (A quick definition...
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Presidents on Allowances

The Chronicle has had a series over the last week or so about the salaries of college Presidents. I won't...