23
Sep
Recommended reads #87
A ban on bans against laptop bans. Or something like that.
Folks often think their grades are bimodally distributed when
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21
Sep
Please nominate colleagues to be selected as ESA fellows
This one is for the ecologists.
There are a lot of people who have made outstanding contributions to the field
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19
Sep
Networking from scratch
I’ve been writing regularly for Vitae, the careers section of The Chronicle of Higher Education. This piece was published
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14
Sep
An academic conference with $1000 registration
Call now! Loan counselors are standing by at +1 (301) 731-4535*.
This gets you a name badge, and a meal.
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12
Sep
To teach better, boost student confidence
Students learn better when their professors are demanding and have high standards.
People learn even better when these professors are
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09
Sep
Recommended reads #86
The physics crackpot index.
More people should take geology in college.
A cafe in Adelaide is selling a cup of
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05
Sep
Recruiting underrepresented minority students
The last couple weeks have posed a challenge, as several people have contacted me (mostly out of the blue), asking
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02
Sep
Small Pond summer recap
Now that the academic year is starting back up, what did you miss over the summer from Small Pond?
Here
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29
Aug
What a fake turkey sandwich taught me about teaching
If you don’t ask hard questions about yourself, then you probably aren’t going to hear what you need
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26
Aug
Recommended reads #85
In 10 years, Harvey Mudd (an exclusive STEM-focused college in the LA area, one of the Claremont Colleges) went from
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