Professors

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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Three Groups of People You Must Know to Succeed in College and Beyond

Isa Adney | Posted 04.30.2012

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The truth is: people are the answer to success in any area -- especially college. In order to succeed you must know how to cultivate your community.

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America's Best College Professors (PHOTOS)

Posted 04.09.2012

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Ever have one of those really awesome professors? The kind that make you interested in a major when you only wanted to take their class to knock out a...

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What Do Professors Do, Anyway?

Susan Herbst | Posted 04.04.2012

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"Do college professors work hard enough?" There are some across-the-board myths about academic life in general, and professors sometimes seem to be a target.

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Faculty Do Something AWESOME To Help Their School

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.29.2012

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Faculty at New England College in Henniker, N.H. are volunteering to give money out of their own pockets to help fill a budget gap at the school. D...

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Professors Avoid Strike

Peak Johnson | Posted 05.14.2012

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Professors and union members at the Community College of Philadelphia have decided not to strike, but will organize a public campaign to convince the administration to drop their "take it or leave it" stance and continue normal negotiations.

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The Undergraduate Whisperer: No "Right Answers"? Wrong!

Rebecca Schuman | Posted 05.12.2012

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Did you hear about that philosophy final where the professor came in and wrote "Why?" on the chalkboard? And a student got an A+ by answering "Why not?" I guaran-effing-tee you this has never happened in the history of college.

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Does College Make You Liberal -- or Do Liberals Make Colleges?

Chris Mooney | Posted 05.01.2012

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Rick Santorum is absolutely right that higher education is a liberal and secular force in our society at present. But he's also highly simplistic in his view that it creates liberals or atheists -- or that it intentionally discriminates against conservatives or the devout.

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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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Not in Someone Else's Words

Isabel Kaplan | Posted 12.22.2011

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I have thought about and read Goldsmith and his work, although perhaps the reading was unnecessary. Goldsmith doesn't want people to actually read his books.

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Professors Who Swear

The Cac | Posted 11.07.2011

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Swearing, cussing, using expletives -- whatever you call it, I can honestly say I've never met a swearing professor that I didn't like.

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How Schools Are Saving The Planet

Avital Binshtock | Posted 10.17.2011

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Good professors know that discussing nature in the confines of a classroom is not likely to stir the soul, no matter how enlightening the lesson. What awakens, they realize, is experience. Getting hands dirty. Immersion.

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Educating the Educators

Vivian Glyck | Posted 10.03.2011

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Several of my recent blogs talked about the importance of education in developing countries, specifically in Uganda. I talked about the great impact t...

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Students Name Their Dream Professors

Posted 09.14.2011

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On Thursday, as we at HuffPost College sat reminiscing about our winsome college years -- as we tend to do -- we came upon an intriguing question: If ...

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Are Gay Professors Discriminated Against By Students?

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 08.29.2011

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Do gay and lesbian professors face discrimination from students? A new study -- just published in The Journal of Applied Social Psychology -- suggests...

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Professors Spy On Their Students To See How They Use Their Laptops During Class: Report

Inside Higher Ed | Posted 07.18.2011

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'Jesus Was The First Zombie': UCSB Professors Debate Who Would Survive A Zombie Apocalypse

The Bottom Line | Posted 07.17.2011

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About 800 students showed up to The Hub at 8 p.m. for the second annual Zombie Debate hosted by Associated Students' Program Board to hear six profess...

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Methodology Is More Important Than Teaching, Study Finds

AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 07.12.2011

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WASHINGTON — Who's better at teaching difficult physics to a class of more than 250 college students: the highly rated veteran professor using t...

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Averting Higher Ed's Civic Hangover

Alexander Heffner | Posted 06.13.2011

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The college admissions process is coming to a close for most high school seniors. What they probably haven't learned, however, is what it means to live and thrive in a community.

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Should 'Professor Shimmy' Have Been Sacked?

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 05.25.2011

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Prof. Sheila Addison, a.k.a. "Professor Shimmy" of the burlesque show, Hubba Hubba Revue, is suing JFK University on the grounds of sexual discrimination.

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How Should We Deal With Computers in Classrooms?

Hack College | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm torn: I want to keep using a computer in class because I'm convinced it makes me more productive, but I don't want classmates sitting behind me to get distracted (nor do I particularly want them looking over my shoulder).

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What? No Comments on Your College Paper?

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whatever the cause -- class size, research, poor working conditions -- you are still entitled to detailed and thoughtful comments on your paper.

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7 Steps to Writing That Knockout Final Paper

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Whether you are in the sciences or humanities, there are a handful of objective steps to communication that you need to master.

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Professors Take Up Residence ... In Dorms

washingtonpost.com | Jenna Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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This spring, Jeffrey Sich told his friends in St. Louis that he was moving to the District for an associate professorship at George Washington Univers...

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Harry Potter: College Drop Out?

Ruth Starkman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Harry Potter and his friends may have dropped out of school to save the world, but you don't have to jump to that conclusion -- yet. Their world is magic, ours is not.

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