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Rare Cheating

How to handle the tour question about cheating? This academic mouse tour guide gives it a try.

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Grant administrator’s story

Every research university has them: administrators who are supposed to facilitate grant applications, but mostly just slow them down. These administrators are in a tough position. The grant process can be abused, and they have the look out for irregularities. But to honest researchers, the administrators are obstructionists who end up hogging the credit when grants come in.

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Community service

One of our academic mice condescends to write columns for the local newspaper, to educate the ignorant townies. They mystery is why they don’t appreciate it.

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Wide political range

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The academic mice who run Mice U. nurture a wide range of political speech, but not too wide.

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Non discrimination in admissions

No, we don’t discriminate in admissions, for some definitions of “discriminate.”

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More on non discrimination in admissions

Discrimination is allowable only to remedy past injustice, as the academic mice explore in this strip.

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Respect for political convictions

Don’t you love it when professors, whatever their own political views, respect the views of others as well?

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Only essential spending

Only essential spending is allowed when the budget is frozen, but definitions of “essential spending” vary widely.

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Occupy Wall Street has it right



Greed is a terrible thing. But getting public subsidies so students can be charged more and more . . . well, that’s not so bad.

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Ideal college president chosen


Let’s see, what are the qualifications for a good college president? These academic mice provide the search committee’s perspective.