Advising undergraduates on applications for grad school
Now’s the time of year when prospective grad students need to get serious about applying to graduate programs.
Students
A little literature on how pseudonymity may alter reach or impact
Recently, I wondered in a post whether the vagueness of the identity of an author affects the dissemination and acceptance
What faculty really need: Time
What faculty need doesn’t always translate into what administrators think faculty need.
Administrators overseeing faculty, who do their jobs
More female LEGO scientists, please!
This week, there was some to-do about a new female scientist LEGO figure. I wasn’t quite satisfied, and I
So, teaching is for people who have imposter syndrome?
Isn’t it a bummer when your research is founded on an invalid premise? This can’t be a good
How a research institution can mentor undergrads better than an undergraduate institution
More doctoral students emerge from small liberal arts colleges than from the undergraduate populace of research institutions.
This is a
Taking a chance on the premed
This is a repost, from a while ago, and particularly apt at the beginning of the semester as we may
Friday Recommended Reads #1
Some sites make a habit of using Friday to share links to good reads. I thought I’d try it
Extra credit is unfair to students
The old joke goes like this:
Q: Why did the undergraduate cross the road?
A: Extra credit!
I’ve known
“Time management” is just a way to sell how-to books
Time management books are like diet books. They’re both full of detailed and sophisticated ways to do something so
