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Reworking typical advice for final exams
If you’re anything like me, you’re already terrified at the prospect of finals, and at some point in [...]
What a failure to compromise will cost
If you were too busy celebrating (or cursing) the reelection of President Barack Obama last week, you might [...]
Prepare for the results of Fisher v. Texas
As the Supreme Court gets its new term underway, the eyes of college administrations are on Fisher v. [...]
Speech rights on campus: Don’t forget the problems we’ve had in the past
Last week’s report from the “Foundation for Individual Rights in Education” gave the College of William and Mary [...]
When classes span across continents
The higher education world was taken aback last year when Sebastian Thrun, vice president of Google and professor [...]
Innocent until proven guilty: Proposed policy infringes on privacy rights
The Dean of Students’s proposed changes to the Student Handbook for the upcoming academic year includes one doozy: [...]
Doubleplusungood: When employers start demanding your facebook password
If you don’t think trying to find a job these days is terrifying enough, you’ll be glad to [...]
Faculty and finances: A balancing act
The percentage of tenured faculty is currently just under 50 percent and has been decreasing for a while. [...]
Rights, risks and restrictions
Starting this summer, students who are looking to study abroad will have to contend with a new Travel [...]
The Hunger Games: Starved for options
Starting with the Class of 2015, all students living on campus will be required to purchase a meal [...]

Hickeys: a passion mark or a mark of shame?
If the Flat Hat came out as anti-Hickey a mere year after my departureNew Anti-Smoking Legislation Introduced in VA House
What? Are you kidding me, this is totally ridiculous, what are they trWhile at home and abroad, it’s the gaps in the plan that stay with you
Thanks for your blog on travel, Samantha. You made me think, and haveStudents fast, wear hijabs for Islamic Awareness Week
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