The Faculty
A Monk Saves Threatened Manuscripts Using Ultramodern Means
The Rev. Columba Stewart, a Benedictine at St. John's Abbey and University, oversees the digitizing of religious works in 14 studios in eight countries.
Short Subjects
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Blood, Sweat, and Beers
In its first parody novel in 40 years, the Harvard Lampoon sinks its teeth into the bloodsucking blockbuster Twilight.
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A Scholarship for Friendship
The best-selling The Girls From Ames has spun off a scholarship that honors the memory of a beloved classmate of the title subjects.
P&T Confidential
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Avoiding a 'Nuclear Veto' in Hiring
Sometimes, for whatever reason, someone on a search committee tries to find a way to stop your candidacy.
- Job-Searching on the Job
- Should You Switch Tenure Tracks?
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At What Cost?
Professor Melanie R. Benson has absorbed an impressive body of knowledge, and a lifetime of debt.
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The Women of Project Hope
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Area Studies in a Global Context
From the Forums
Word Count Be Damned: It's hardly surprising when students use font-sizing and spacing tricks to pad their papers. But what if someone turns in an essay that's twice as long as it's supposed to be?
A Book That Breaks the Bank: There's a textbook that's perfect your course, but it can't be had for less than $110. Should you ask your students to bite the bullet?
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This week: 'Baroque Embellishments'
Chronicle Blogs
In the News
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Governing-Boards Association Sharpens Guidance on Conflicts of Interest
The association has issued 12 policy recommendations to clarify what constitutes a conflict for college trustees.
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Survey of Earned Doctorates Adds Detailed Data for Minority Groups
The combined report for 2007 and 2008 adopts a new strategy to include more data about minority groups while protecting the privacy of individual recipients.
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Congress Mulls Consumer Protections as Colleges Increasingly Lend to Their Own Students
- U. of Minnesota Takes Heat for Proposal to Gauge Future Teachers' Sensitivity
- Violinist Brings Global Experience to U. of Texas Classroom
- Scholar Who Calls for Better Tests of Intelligence Wins Grawemeyer Award in Education
- Tech Therapy (Encore) -- Technology: The View From the Top
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Justices Question Proper Remedy for Error in Student-Debt Bankruptcy Case
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Supreme Court Considers Case About Excusing Student Debt Through Bankruptcy
- For-Profit Colleges See Department's Proposed Rule Changes as 'Aggressive'
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The Ticker
- Judge Approves Settlement to End Litigation Over Failed Project at U. of Idaho
- Lawsuit Accuses SUNY-Cobleskill of Discriminating Against Black Students
- Harvard Business School Dean to Retire in 2010
- NIH Approves New Lines of Embryonic Stem Cells
- 'Nature' Plans No Investigation Over Climate-Research Articles
Wired Campus
- What Lincoln Would Have Tweeted
- U. of California at Irvine Builds 'Cyber-Interaction Observatory'
- George Washington U. Experiments With Robotic Book Digitization
Campus Viewpoint
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If any one year can be said to be a transformative time in the life of a university, then the past 12 months have been such a year for Hofstra. Hofstra learned it would host the third and final 2008 presidential debate, announced plans for a...
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