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1 mars 2015

Open Thread Wednesday!

By Prof. Hacke r. What’s on your mind? Do you need advice or feedback about something related to life and work in higher ed? Do you have advice or feedback to share about something related to life and work in higher ed? What would you like to see covered at ProfHacker? Do you have any suggestions for Open Thread topics? Do you have any interesting, ProfHacker-y links to share. Read more...

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1 mars 2015

That’s Not a Word

By Allan Metcalf. The reason he sent it to me is the first word in the third line. There is no definition for intrical in dictionary.com, merriam-webster.com, or The Oxford English Dictionary. However, there is one at Urban Dictionary: “A word that doesn’t exist. Usually used by dumbasses who really mean to use the word integral.” More...

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1 mars 2015

Greek Weekend

By Allan Metcalf. As the Romans did thousands of years ago, so today we continue to hold the ancient classical Greek language in high regard. Among other things, this regard gives us a triad of Greek occasions on the second weekend of March 2015. More...

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1 mars 2015

Labeling Words

By Anne Curzan. Dictionaries occupy a special place in academe. In our libraries, unabridged dictionaries regularly lie open on pedestals, where we can go stand before them; the staging suggests their authority as a place to find answers about words. Rarely do we flip to the front of it to check what dictionary it is, from what year. Then I have read many an academic article that mentions a definition from the Oxford English Dictionary or another dictionary but fails to cite the work in the Works Cited, as if a dictionary is not edited by hands as human as those that work on any other book. More...

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1 mars 2015

Having a Problem With ‘Having a Problem With’

By Geoffrey Pullum. I have a problem with the expression have a problem with. It always tempts me to think the utterer is admitting to a personal difficulty. But although nothing technically blocks that literal meaning, the phrase has developed another completely idiomatic sense. The Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary and Thesaurus says (in the entry you can see at Cambridge Dictionaries Online) that X has a problem with Y, in informal style, means “X finds Y annoying or offensive.” More briefly and vaguely, it entails (at a minimum) “X objects to Y.” More...

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1 mars 2015

Girls, Girls, Grrrls

By Lucy Ferriss. Here she comes again. She’s been interrupted. She’s been left behind. She’s worn a pearl earring and had a dragon tattoo. She’s played with fire and kicked the hornet’s nest. When she’s not the other Boleyn, or working in the shop, she may be your #Boss. She’s not that kind, and she’s been gone. Only not far enough gone, because here she comes again, on the train. You know who I mean. The Girl. The Title Girl. More...

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1 mars 2015

House Approves Modest Expansion of 529 College-Saving Plans

By Kelly Field. Seeking to capitalize on the recent brouhaha over President Obama’s effort to roll back tax breaks on 529 college-saving plans, the Republican-led House of Representatives has passed a bill that would modestly expand those plans. More...

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1 mars 2015

Bipartisan Sex-Assault Bill Is Back on the Senate’s Agenda

By Andy Thomason. A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Thursday released a bill meant to fight sexual assault on college campuses. The “Campus Accountability and Safety Act” bears the same name as one introduced last summer by many of the same senators, and calls for many of the same requirements for campuses. More...

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1 mars 2015

Universities Urge Lawmakers Not to Make Patent Defense Too Costly

By Andy Thomason. More than 100 universities are urging federal lawmakers not to pass legislation that would make it too costly for them to defend their patents. One hundred and forty-four universities wrote to leaders of the U.S. Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Tuesday to air their concerns about pending legislation that would go “well beyond what is needed to address the bad actions of a small number of patent holders.” More...

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1 mars 2015

Congressman Wants to Know Who Pays for Climate Skeptics’ Research

By Andy Thomason. A Democratic member of Congress is digging into the funding of a handful of researchers who have questioned the prevailing view on the causes of climate change, The Washington Post reports. More...

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