Herr Professor Daddy? I didn’t think so.
Anyone who thinks male and female professors are treated equally by students is clueless. Just recently I came across a couple of examples that are very illustrative of this point. A friend of mine told me that her undergraduate advisees gave her a photo...

Academia is Whoniversal [Academia]
This November, head out to Cardiff University for a 3-day academic conference about all things Doctor Who called "Whoniversal' Appeal: An Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Conference on Doctor Who and All of its Spin-Offs." Organizer Melissa Beattie...

The 'Secret (and Overt) Books' of Game Design [Books]
Malcolm Ryan is putting together a most interesting list of game design-related books — except these are the ones that are flying under the radar as it were. Ryan describes these 'secret books' as "books that are not explicitly written...

Note to Father: This Is Hard - Chronicle.com
today's students are akin to customers who expect a fair amount of service from the professor who works for them.

All the privileged must have prizes
"Their parents and teachers have bathed them in ambitious glances, so that the source of their very identity has come to lie in their potential. Perhaps this is why, though they demand to be graded, they resent the teacher's claim to judgment...

Summer Prep for New Teachers - Chronicle.com
At the end of the course, what specific skills and knowledge do I want my students to have learned? And how will those skills and that knowledge benefit or improve their lives? Your responses can help remind you why your discipline matters in the world.

Gender Inequity In Science: Why Legal Remedies Are Grossly Inadequate
from Feministe: great article about how not all sexism can be fought with "rights" and "law."