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Today on College Misery: This is why my syllabus is seventeen pages long

Join me over at Higher Education's Premier Online Publication. Or simply read on: SCENE 1: Second Week of the Semester Student-AthleteAthlete-Student:I have to miss class because my team is traveling to the mainland for two weeks. I know the syllabus says no makeups, but I don't have a choice about going on the trip. Can …

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Can an author of police procedurals write cozies? COFFEE IS MURDER by Carolyn Arnold

Of course she can. FOR SARA, COFFEE WAS ONE of life’s greatest—and simplest—pleasures. Every time she took a draw of freshly brewed java, her eyelids automatically lowered in appreciation of the robust flavor. Somehow, when drinking it, life seemed less complicated, or maybe it was just how it coated the palate and calmed her nerves …

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Today on College Misery: They’re final grades, not opening bids.

I'm blogging over at Higher Education's Premier Online Publication today. I posted final grades at 2pm. Within minutes my inbox was brimming with pleas from prodigal students, some of whom had attendance records so irregular that the names were only vaguely familiar to me; I had to double check to make sure they were actually students of …

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Author Interview: Amanda Flower, THE FINAL REVEILLE

Amanda Flower is an academic librarian and the Agatha Award-nominated author of Maid of Murder, the Appleseed Creek Mysteries, and the India Hayes Mysteries. She also writes the Amish Quilt Shop Mysteries under the name Isabella Alan. Her latest is The Final Reveille, the first book in the Living History Museum Mystery series. Q: Amanda, thanks for …

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New mystery stars Edgar Allen Poe’s cat: THE TELL-TAIL HEART

Edgar Allen Poe + cat. Perfect. The Tell-Tail Heart by Monica Shaughnessy The Tell-Tail Heart: A Cattarina Mystery (Cattarina Mysteries) (Volume 1) Cozy Mystery Publisher: Jumping Jackalope Press (June 17, 2014) Paperback: 176 pages ISBN-13: 978-0988562974   The untold story behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Philadelphia, 1842: Poe's cat, Cattarina, becomes embroiled in …

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Study: Fat Cat Professors Not Responsible for Rising Tuition, May Not Actually Exist

Between 78 and 79 percent of the tuition hikes at public universities -- which averaged $3,628 per student at research universities and $2,463 per student at nonresearch colleges -- was due to declining state appropriations, between 5 and 6 percent was due to increased administrative spending, and another 6 percent was due to construction costs. …

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The Complete Opposite of Tuna on Toast | Job-hunting outside academe

How channeling George Costanza saved one woman's career: Acting like George Costanza — specifically, doing the opposite of everything I’d been counseled for the past decade — is what made me solvent once again. And if you, dear reader, are contemplating an exit from academe (as the boulder of this year’s hiring cycle rolls ever …

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BPS Research Digest: 10 hellish psychology studies you’ll be glad not to have participated in

BPS Research Digest: 10 hellish psychology studies you'll be glad not to have participated in. And in case you're wondering why  Zimbardo and Milgram aren't on that list, BPS has them here: The 10 most controversial psychology studies ever published  Frankie Bow’s first novel, THE MUSUBI MURDER , is available at Audible.com, Amazon.com, andiTunes. BE THE FIRST TO LEARN ABOUT PROMOTIONS, EVENTS, AND …

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