The Big Lie
A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department's respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.
Megan is a student journalist at Miami University, where she is a member of the editorial board of the weekly campus newspaper, The Miami Student, and editor of The Miami Student Magazine.
In addition to her work with student media, Megan has written for The Chronicle of Higher Education, MLB.com and HuffPost.
Megan believes in the power of well-told true stories and is pursuing opportunities that will allow her to practice bringing those stories to the world.
A professor schemed to get a raise and win his department's respect. Instead, he wrecked his career.
The Stanford Prison Experiment lasted just six days, and it took place 47 years ago. But it has shaped our fundamental understanding of human nature. Now many in the field are wondering: Should it have?
Every year, the Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity throws a Christmas party in its chapter house at Georgetown University.
LiAnna Davis remembers when people didn't want to talk to her at academic conferences.
“Bad news,” Ibrahim explains to his students, “is bad, no matter what.”
“I’ve proclaimed today National Gratitude Day,” her status read. “What are you most grateful for?”
"It wasn't until Emma Shibley's senior year of high school that her mother seriously questioned her extracurricular involvement."
"He's been adding three words to each of his political science lesson plans - 'or maybe not.'"
"'It unavoidably tags teaching as a lower-class activity.'”
"'He came on as a human being, as opposed to some potentate. He was more like the guy next door, like the guy sitting in the seat next to you.'"