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Confessions of a Community College Dean

Politics of Hiring: Riffing on Profgrrrrl

By Dean Dad
November 19, 2009 9:36 pm

First, if you've ever wanted a sense of academic hiring, read Profgrrrrl's post. Now. Slowly. It's all true. Worse, it doesn't stop at the department level. Let's say, for the sake of ...

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Getting Back to #1

The Truman Commission Redux

By Arthur Levine
August 9, 2009 11:39 pm

In his previous post, Jamie Merisotis makes a compelling case for the importance of seeing American higher education in the context of higher education worldwide, and for treating our system of ...

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Getting to Green

Selling sustainability

By G. Rendell
November 18, 2009 8:05 pm

Let me start by saying that I'm tremendously conflicted on this subject. Probably the first lessons I taught my children when they were old enough to watch TV were that (1) commercials lie, and (2) ...

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Intellectual Affairs - The Blog

Librarians Get Busy

By Scott McLemee
July 13, 2009 10:42 am

The American Library Association is meeting, and tweeting, in Chicago. A report: "The nearly week-long librarian meet-up, which began July 9, delivers 'over 300 educational programs' to ...

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Keywords From a Librarian

FUNQs: Won’t Ask, Won’t Tell

By Mary W. George
November 1, 2009 8:59 pm

Today I have the urge to address a perennial, insidious, and unnecessary condition that afflicts higher education in this country. It results from the most Frequently UNasked Question (by students) ...

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Mama PhD

Math Geek Mom: Altruism and Aging

By Rosemarie Emanuele
November 19, 2009 9:12 pm

My first week of graduate school found me in a microeconomics class with a teacher reviewing the assumptions behind what is commonly called the “Adam Smith hypothesis”. Referring to the founder ...

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Reality Check

Seeking Federal Support

By John V. Lombardi
November 17, 2009 4:00 pm

I am having trouble signing on to the campaign to make our universities dependencies of the federal government. I want the money. I am confident that we could spend it a lot better than the bailed ...

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Technology and Learning

Challenges and Opportunities of the Small Screen

By Joshua Kim
November 19, 2009 9:24 pm

How will academic libraries make sure that their content is available on a 3.5-inch mobile device? Should this even be a goal of the academic library? This week the NYTimes wrote about the rapid ...

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The Education of Oronte Churm

Guest Book Review: Give My Poor Heart Ease

By Oronte
November 19, 2009 11:30 pm

Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices of the Mississippi Blues. William Ferris. The University of North Carolina Press, November 2009. $35.00. Review by Katya Cummins Give My Poor Heart Ease: Voices ...

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University Diaries

PLAGIARISM, HIGH AND LOW

By UD
November 21, 2009 9:20 am

Two recent instances of professorial plagiarism - New Zealand novelist Witi Ihimaera and, allegedly, Ohio State University mathematician Azita Manouchehri - have UD thinking once more about this odd ...

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