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Tuesday, October 16, 2007 |
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Speaking Up in the Library
Eight young librarians ponder aloud the big questions faced by their profession. Audio InterviewHear an interview with Jessamyn C. West, of Librarian.net, on what libraries and librarians are doing right and what they are doing wrong as they adapt to a digital age. More NewsA Year After Protests, Progress and Problems Seen at Gallaudet Nobel in Economics Goes to 3 Scholars Who Devised Tools for Allocating Scarce Goods Faculty Members Discuss What Role They Should Play in Governing Athletics Older Adults Confront Barriers to Pursuing a Higher Education, Report Says Magazine & Journal Reader The Challenges Facing Journalism Deans The Chronicle Review
A new book on the education of West Point cadets spurs Steven G. Kellman to broader thoughts on curricular intentions.
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Speaking Up in the Library
Nick Baker, a librarian at Williams College, says books are here to stay, but their use, relative to electronic sources, may decline. (Photo by Rick Friedman) Chronicle Blogs(All times Eastern)
Smart, and Dumb, Growth on Campuses Federal Agents Raid 2 Campuses of For-Profit College in Florida U. of California Ends Deal That Paid It for Referring Students to For-Profit College Woolly Bully: Student Sues College for Failing to Protect Him From Tormentor U. of Missouri Retracts 233 Acceptance Letters That Were E-Mailed by Mistake Discussion Forums
Forum: Professional wrestling? Trolling for Krispy Kremes? What are your guilty pleasures? Share them online. 
The Brown Bag: S. Michael Evans, an architect who has designed campuses across North America for 20 years, will answer your questions about what the sustainability movement has to say to campus planners, on Thursday, October 18, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time.
The Brown Bag: Desdemona Cardoza, provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Los Angeles, will answer your questions about the best way for colleges to diversify their faculties, on Thursday, October 25, at 12 noon, U.S. Eastern time. Also of InterestDiversity in AcademeA special report on diversity examines how race, religion, and sexual preference affect professors' jobs. The Chronicle of PhilanthropySparking Innovation A guide to some of the best writing on the Web. |
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Chronicle Careers
Moving Up
A new dean learns just how much time he must spend behind his closed, decoration-free, joyless door.
Career News
Yes, conservatives are a small minority of the American professoriate, but faculty members are hardly a bunch of left-wingers, a well-regarded study has found.
First Person
Is it a stretch to imagine that, just as students have different learning styles, instructors might have different teaching styles?
On HiringSt. Joseph College's Board of Trustees has appointed Pamela Trotman Reid as its new president According to a Wisconsin headhunter, the number of executives who lie about their credentials hit a five-year high in the first half of 2007 |
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