By Academics Anonymous. I want to be a good scientist but that means I can’t be anything else, as all my time is taken up trying to find contracts. More...
Academics must reply to the Marlon Brando crew
By . With UK and US citizens rebelling against anything and everything, it would be easy for derided experts to retreat to their studies and give up. More...
The disturbing connection between bullying and sexual harassment
Math Geek Mom: A Day to Remember
By Rosemarie Emanuele. With only 365 possible days in a year that is not a leap year, there is a 1/365 chance that any day will fall on a particular person’s birthday. In our home with three people, none of whom share a birthday, that gives a 3/365 chance that any particular day will be someone’s birthday. Read more...
Virtual Reality, Economic Collapse, Environmental Degradation, and 'Children of the New World’
By Joshua Kim. Higher education makes an appearance in Weinstein’s thought provoking and worrying collection of short stories Children of the New World. In the story Migration - amongst the best of the 13 stories in the book - a literature professor carries on an affair with one of his students. Read more...
The Device Question
Co-Curricular Transcripts?
Enemies Lists? Really?
Friday Fragments - December 1, 2016
By Matt Reed. I’m glad to see the ASAP project getting some traction outside of New York CIty.
In its purest form, ASAP is an attempt to make community college students fit the mold of full time students at traditional campuses. More...
American Cloaca: A Memoir: Intermission
By Oronte. A cloaca's not all bad. It might smell that way sometimes though.
American Cloaca is meant to be a lightly traced memoir of my own education, which I see as lifelong process, pursuit, and purpose. Read more...