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Professor deception

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Ah, The Chronicle of Higher Education. When I was in graduate school, and fancied myself a PhD candidate, I pored over its pages as if it would reveal the secrets to my qualifying exams and tenure-track positions. When my academic career fizzled due to my illness, I stopped reading it.

Now a PW associate sends this link to a story about a student who ... well, I don't want to give anything away, but whose psychological problems made life difficult for the professor (at a small Southern college; so much the worse for him) who tried to give her advice. It's an interesting spin on the question of student health services.

Not a Counselor

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Liz Spikol is senior contributing editor of Philadelphia Weekly. She writes the award-winning column The Trouble With Spikol, which began as a chronicle of her struggle with mental illness, and has since expanded into humorous musings on everything from graphic novels to how to use a mop. She also writes the paper's book review column, Lit Gloss. This blog -- named one of the Top 10 Bipolar Blogs of 2007 by PsychCentral -- is about mental illness policy, news, personal journeys and more.