By Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt. Faculty should be administrators. Well, not all faculty, of course. But, yes, some of you should consider being administrators. I say this for several reasons, but overall those reasons boil down to one thing: your voice. Read more...

By Melissa Dennihy. If you are a finalist for a faculty position, you may be invited for a campus visit, which will likely involve not only formalities such as interviewing, giving a job talk or giving a teaching demo, but also the somewhat more informal activity of dining with the search committee and department faculty members. Read more...

By Gary S. May. An experiment was conducted a few years back that offered participants the choice between a Lindt chocolate truffle and a Hershey’s Kiss. Each was available for an attractive price -- 15 cents for the truffle, a penny for the Kiss. Three out of four chose the truffle. Read more...

By Scott McLemee. When George Orwell identified his family background as “lower-upper-middle class,” he wasn’t being facetious. It was a comment not just on British social hierarchy but on how that structure perpetuated itself -- through an anxious process of monitoring and policing the nuances of distinction, the markers of inclusion and exclusion at each level. Read more...