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What Are the Downsides of Being a Professor?

Quora | Posted 05.22.2012

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There are the drawbacks to being a professor. I love my job, but it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to do it well -- or even to do it at all.

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Jan Gehl: Cities for People (VIDEO)

Crane.tv | Posted 05.02.2012

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Architect and urban designer Jan Gehl has dedicated a significant proportion of his career to making cities better places for people by studying public spaces and their impact on civic society.

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Dirty Professor Secrets

Rebecca Schuman | Posted 04.28.2012

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Yes, it's true that we do keep things somewhat impersonal in class, and sometimes we are many decades older than students, but that does not make us any less real.

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I'm Bringing Envy Back

Susan Celia Greenfield | Posted 04.24.2012

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I have envied friends in the hospital because they are getting more love and attention than I am. I have envied those who survive hardships like poverty or their parents' alcoholism. Those who triumph over adversity have no need to feel guilty. I envy them that! It is not pretty.

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The 5 Best Foods to Take to Class

Small Kitchen College | Posted 01.18.2012

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For the best foods to bring into the classroom, just take a nostalgic look into your childhood lunchbox for some inspiration. The results are delicious, scholastic and timeless.

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When Where They Teach Overrides What's Being Said About Sex Ed

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 01.03.2012

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Given the power such a relationship holds, people should seriously question if any academic should be allowed to name their university affiliation when pushing a personal, values-laden agenda.

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The Life Out Loud: How to Get SWAG

MeiMei Fox | Posted 12.12.2011

Vineet Singal is living proof that you don't need even two decades under your belt to get busy taking on the world.

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Do College Professors Earn Their Keep?

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda M. Fairbanks | Posted 06.07.2011

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For years, state legislators, parents, and even his own boss had been hectoring Frank Ashley, the vice chancellor of academic affairs for the Texas A&...

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8 Things Your Prof Cares (or Doesn't Care) About in Class

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Do feel free to surf the web or text in class and don't hesitate to make fun of your professor for his strong New York accent. Just be sure to read the fine print when the final exam rolls around.

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WATCH: FOR THE LOVE OF ART: NYU Professor Gets Camera Implanted In Head

Posted 05.25.2011

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NYU Professor and artist Wafaa Bilal had a camera surgically implanted onto his head for an art project called "The 3rd I." Commissioned for the Decem...

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"Do You Really Like Living Here?" A Foreigner's Perspective on Tokyo

Jared Braiterman | Posted 05.25.2011

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(This article originally appeared in Newsweek Japan on October 28, 2010 in Japanese) "Do you really like living in Tokyo?" is a question I am often a...

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Don't Jail Me Bro! Bail Me Out Mr. Prof Man

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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My classroom syllabus says: No legal advice questions! Yet, I still get telephone calls from students, usually when it's too late -- after they have a court date.

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Five Ways to Ace College Exams

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Except on open-ended questions, professors are usually looking for some specific responses. Why make that professor search all throughout your flowery paragraphs for those answers?

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Books That Crush Intolerance

Michael Henry Adams | Posted 05.25.2011

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With a nod to Santayana, many feel that history's greatest lesson is the ability it can afford one to travel back in time, to discover one's self, in ...

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The Case for Humor in the College Classroom

Perry Binder | Posted 05.25.2011

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As college professors nationwide prepare for a new academic year, my message for them is simple: Lighten up! Your students just might engage and learn.

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Amy Bishop's Alleged Attack: Angry Professor Shot Colleagues Methodically, Says Survivor

AP | JAY REEVES and GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — When a young woman in Massachusetts killed her brother with a shotgun blast in 1986, authorities waited more than a week to q...

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Twitter Cofounder Biz Stone Plays Nutty Professor To Promote Twitter In 2006 (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Back in 2006, Twitter (then known as Twttr) was an up-start, little-known microblogging site. In this 2006 video called 'Twttr 101', Twitter cofound...

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Play Gender Bias Bingo!

Joan Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

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For over a decade, I have studied thirty years of experimental social psychology studies of gender bias. One message is clear -- gender bias, alas, is alive and well.

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Crossing Washington Square: A Chick Lit Author Hits Her Stride

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

I was delighted to have the opportunity to interview Joanne Rendell, author of Crossing Washington Square. This is intelligent chick lit, an engaging story beautifully told.

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Where You Sit Is Where You Stand (on Crowley-Gates)

Natalie Holder-Winfield | Posted 05.25.2011

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Many blacks cheered Obama for saying that Sgt. Crowley acted stupidly. They wanted more public dialogues on race. Instead, last night they saw a white guy get over again.

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Beer Metaphor Becomes Frosty-Cold Reality

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barack Obama is the first president to not just accept the premise of the "having a beer" test, but to embrace it and turn it into reality.

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The Prisoners' Professor

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

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Richard Shelton's first interest in a prisoner's poetry was born from curiosity rather than charity. In 1970, a convicted murderer named Charles Schm...

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It's About Knowledge, Not Experience

Nathan Gonzalez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama understands that we live in a complicated, nuanced world, one in which cowboy-style "straight talk" does little but earn us dismissive laughs from friends and enemies overseas.

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