Opinion

I've taken for my title the great name of a great blog, Bitch, Ph.D., because this post will be a...

By UD

A savvy correspondent writes: My department at a small private liberal artscollege has a dramatic generational split, with three senior...

By Dean Dad

Céleste Brotheridge and Raymond Lee are tired of non-academics who think professors live a life of leisure in the summer.

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The summer's usually a quiet time in academia, but UD's been kept busy covering a surprising number of dustups --...

By UD

Nothing gets our academic principles exercised quite as quickly as a conflict between athletic excellence and academic standards. Any issue...

By John V. Lombardi

I caught a lot of grief this summer from readers upset with what I’ve posted on this blog. No, I...

By Oronte

A new correspondent writes: I have a career decision dilemma, and I'm not sure where to go for help/advice.After receiving...

By Dean Dad

Imagine if world's most complete card catalog were just a mouse-click away. Scott McLemee chats with a young programmer who is making it happen.

By Scott McLemee