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Mar 15th, 2014
A previous week’s tips focused on getting a handle on your email.  From people’s responses, I know that most everyone could use some additi...
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Mar 15th, 2014
Note from Meggin:  I am including this because when I received this at year end this last year, I knew the ideas were wonderful and I wanted to be able...
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Mar 15th, 2014
Research indicates that students need to do more than just listen to make learning meaningful. While activities such as reading, writing, discussing, o...
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Mar 15th, 2014
Last spring I wrote a column about some useful things that every new department chair should know (The Chronicle,April 9). I was looking back on 10 yea...
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Mar 13th, 2014
I advocate focusing (instead of multitasking). Focusing on one task at a time is the most productive way to operate – especially when you have a ...
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Mar 13th, 2014
This week’s tips will continue with the theme we started last week. (Note: the ideas will work for all programs, although the keystrokes are MS O...
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Mar 13th, 2014
Maintenance Day?! Yay! OK – I heard that! For all you grumblers out there groaning, who think I’m talking about the chores your spouse, you...
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Mar 13th, 2014
“Catastrophizing” is a fancy, psychological way of saying “making mountains out of molehills.” Our drive to do things well (to ...
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Mar 11th, 2014
Professors love words.  Maybe I’m making an assumption, but at least I am hoping we can agree that almost all professors love words.  Here’...
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Mar 11th, 2014
If you have taught for any length of time, you’ve heard it. In the middle of a lecture you ask a question, expecting that among the eager faces i...