Opinion

A long-suffering correspondent writes: My SLAC employer conducts an annual United Way fundraising drive. Earlier this fall, a letter was...

By Dean Dad

Everyone knows that rock and roll is all about kicking out the jams: ditching uptight squares, taking long rides in...

By Jefferson Cowie

Discussions of how to diversify the research world and of how to work beyond the boundaries of traditional fields should be combined, write Diana Rhoten and Stephanie Pfirman.

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What are the odds? There was actually a staggeringly brilliant piece in the New York Times yesterday! (The piece is...

By Dean Dad

I’m in Chicago, since Crazy Larry finally got me a comp ticket to the play he’s in. It’s a good...

By Oronte

Carolyn Segal considers the impact of an essay -- and its unexpected afterlife in the world of plagiarism Web sites.

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A former cc administrator -- who is not me -- did a piece in the Chronicle about deans and chairs...

By Dean Dad

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg, a president-turned-presidential search consultant, considers why many candidacies are needlessly ruled out, and suggests that the questions asked may be too narrow.

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