FemaleScienceProfessor

It is always with great trepidation that I read an article about Our Failing Universities , even an article written by a professor rather t...

This is my blog-reply to an e-mail I recently received from Andrew Hacker, one of the authors (with Claudia Dreifus) of Higher Education? H...

An e-mail was sent to me in response to one of my essays in The Chronicle of Higher Education last fall. Before I show the letter, some bac...

A reader sent me this link to a blog post by someone who thinks that every employee on a state university campus should be well trained in ...

One thing that interests me about the recent Collaborative on Academic Careers in Higher Education study is how certain media outlets have ...

A few years ago, a certain blogger referred to me as a curmudgeon . This is a great word, but I am not sure it applies to me all that well, ...

Recently I was reading some online discussions about student opinions re. recent cuts in instructional staff owing to budget woes at various...

Knowing that I am interested in how higher education is perceived by those outside academia, and in particular the depiction of higher educa...

The Chronicle Review (the magazine-like part of The Chronicle of Higher Education ) recently asked a group of "scholars and experts...

During the discussion of Friday's post about the perception of academics as living somehow separate from the real world, aside from disa...

Note: When I was recently roaming around in the FSP archives to classify my 2009 posts by general topics, I found that in some cases I had a...

And take all your friends with you, or at least as many as you can; purge the city of your presence; you will deliver me f...

It is always interesting -- and in some cases disturbing -- to read a rant by a professor about the current (apparently awful) condition of ...

Overheard at an airport gate: Mom to 9 year old son: You're going to be a teenager in 4 years. If you ever start doing weird things when...

This little anecdote is still making me laugh, hours after my husband told it to me: He was walking near our house and decided to cut throug...

It will come as no surprise to some readers that I am rather fond of strange and possibly even humorous literary contests, such as those tha...

What are the implications of having a professor as President (again)? There are many possibilities: - We professors can feel happy knowing t...

Last weekend, amidst working on a couple of manuscripts and reviews etc. in the office and at home (not to mention doing some overtime think...

Barack Obama was a law professor at the University of Chicago, so it makes sense for his professorial past to be part of discussions about h...

Recently I returned briefly to my ancestral home and spent time with various relatives. I’ve described these experiences before. The women c...