Footnoted: From Academic Blogs
April 17, 1908: Harvard's President Denounces Football
In his annual report to Harvard's trustees a century ago, Charles William Eliot offered warm words for a new pension system, cold words for college sports.
Librarians React to Lawsuit Against Georgia State U.
Blogging librarians weigh in on what the lawsuit filed by Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and SAGE Publications might mean for them.
On Hiring
Stupid Application Tricks
Gene C. Fant Jr. invites readers to share their tricks for making their applications stand out.
Low Faculty Salaries in History, and Other Reading
A department head explains how he assigns raises; why it's impossible to avoid jerks in the workplace; tough times at the University of Louisville; and other news.