We're Kind of a Big Deal.

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• They really love us. BDH poll finds "nearly half of faculty members would like to see the Graduate School as the University’s top-priority project in the coming years."
• In an alternate universe called Germany, they tried out tuition for a while, then decided it was a stupid idea.
• In the ongoing conversation about the value of graduate degrees, some "alt-ac" employees ("those of us in academic affairs, in student development and in offices of research and sponsored projects") add their perspective.
• The internet of things (kind of). Smithsonian signs deal to make digitized artifacts available to universities. No matter what your field is, the SI's probably got something for you. 
• Now GO OUTSIDE!!