Purely Academic

The most recent Purely Academic columns:

Turning 30: A Self-Interview  May 15

Terry Caesar considers what he’s learned writing his column. more

How I Wrote My Dissertation  March 19

A failed group book project prompts Terry Caesar to consider academic definitions of rejection and success. more

Call Me  Feb. 16

Terry Caesar considers why some adjuncts insist on being called “professor” and why some colleges resist that appellation. more

Past columns

Below, find all previously published Purely Academic columns.

• Friends and Colleagues  Jan. 2
• Who’s the Boss?  Nov. 21
• A Place to Read  Oct. 19
• Grading Francisco  Aug. 29
• RateMyProfessors — or His Shoes Are Dirty  July 28
• The Life and Times of T-Shirts  July 13, 2006
• Leopards in the Temple  June 12, 2006
• Adjuncts and Ignorance in Collaborative Learning  April 27, 2006
• The Other Conference  April 4, 2006
• The Time of Dead Grandmothers  March 14, 2006
• Wanting and Not Wanting to Hit Each Other  Feb. 3, 2006
• The Dog in the Classroom  Dec. 30, 2005
• In Praise of Librarians  Nov. 16, 2005
• One Cheer for Meetings  Oct. 12, 2005
• The President and the World  Sept. 26, 2005
• Believing in Parking  Aug. 25, 2005
• No Joke  Aug. 1, 2005
• Cheating in a Time of Extenuating Circumstances  July 8, 2005
• A Room and a View  June 17, 2005
• Fit to Be Tied  April 29, 2005
• The Importance of Elsewhere  April 8, 2005
• Going to the Bathroom  March 4, 2005
• Against Syllabi  Jan. 27, 2005
• The Foreign Student as Terrorist  Jan. 14, 2005