By John Warner. “I pray every single day for a revolution.”
Every week brings news of new union activity at campuses across the nation. Whether you agree with unionizing or not, I think it's clear that as the ranks of adjunct faculty increase, the attempts to unionize will, too. More...
By John Warner. Sub-subtitle: What I learned on my New Zealand vacation.
Having booked the trip last fall, my wife and I had been looking forward to our biking/hiking tour of the west coast New Zealand’s south island for months. More...
By Steven Mintz. Higher education has always been in crisis. Virtually every decade over the past century has seen the publication of books and articles on American colleges and universities with the word “crisis” in the title. More...
By Barbara Fister. A week ago, before the blizzard we’re currently enjoying in my part of the country, we took advantage of spring break to look at birds. Lots of them, pausing on their migration to glean from farm fields in central Nebraska. More...
By Barbara Fister. ... while the emperors enjoy secrecy. Thoughts after reading news about privacy online and on paper. More...
By Barbara Fister. Tech critics revist an odd utopian novel from 1948 - B.F. Skinner's Walden Two.
I don’t know much about B.F. Skinner, and what little I know makes me uncomfortable in the way hearing about eugenics makes me queasy. More...
Lessons graduate students need to learn from some great Kids' Lit books. More...
Preparing for that big oral presentation. More...
Moving around is often a necessity in graduate school, but here are some strategies for making it a little less painful. More...
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