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You’ve seen the meme. Here are some actual college administrator titles

  By now you’ve likely seen the viral “University Title Generator” meme that parodies the culture of academic bureaucracy by listing made-up administrative titles such as “deputy vice president of the committee on community climate,” “principal deputy dean of the committee on learning affairs,” and “temporary lead deputy chancellor of facilities compliance of the task …

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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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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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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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People prefer a healthy-looking leader to an intelligent-looking one.

"Health was an influential cue across all scenarios, while intelligence only had an effect in half of the presented scenarios. " Well, at least intelligence wasn't a negative predictor (The study was done in the Netherlands; I wonder how the same experiment might turn out in the US). And yes, apparently there is a way to manipulate "intelligent-looking." …

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All persons and events are really, really fictional I swear: Self-Published Novelist Defamed In-Laws in €53k Payout Case | The Independent Publishing Magazine

Self-Published Novelist Defamed In-Laws in €53k Payout Case | The Independent Publishing Magazine. "Brígida was portrayed as a loose woman who was unfaithful to her husband, António. It was said that Floro had done his son out of his money, visited prostitutes, had extra-marital affairs and died of Aids. His wife, Inocência, was described as …

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