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Should Professors Work As Hard As We Do?

on June 28, 2011 in California universities, College Costs, Colleges, Ivy League, Money, Uncategorized, Universities

Should professors work as hard as many of the rest of us? If you compare the sort of work week and vacation time that many professors enjoy with other highly educated professionals, you could conclude that there are a lot of slackers hanging out in the Ivory Towers. I hope that professor productivity becomes a [...]

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What Is a Research University?

on May 6, 2011 in California universities, Colleges, Evaluating Schools, Ivy League, Liberal Arts Colleges, Research, Universities

In my last blog post I complained that too many high school students pick schools based primarily on size. And most of these students only want to look at schools that are large. Here is where I vented: Do You Know the Difference Between A College and University? What’s more important, I argued, is a [...]

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