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Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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Heads Up
No matter how reluctantly you took the job, no one forced you to accept it.
Career News
Can the value of journals and scholarship in the humanities be quantified
and ranked, as if they were in the sciences?
A President's Fourth Year
After three years on the job, a president offers his top-10 list of dos and
don'ts.
Moving Up
Too much transparency in the administrative search process leads to bad
outcomes.
First Person
A job candidate in sociology whose research focuses on race finds that he's
not what search committees were expecting.
First Person
An associate provost who resisted administrative jobs for years now seeks to
move up the ranks.
Ms. Mentor
Something more may be at issue with a Ph.D. whose husband controls her
career moves.
First Person
An assistant professor at a liberal-arts college prepares for a yearlong
research leave.
Catalyst
It may pay off for you to explore a new means of securing money from the
same federal agencies that are tightening grant budgets.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CV's of three faculty-job candidates and an
administrator seeking to move up.
Career News
The last thing an author wants to hear is the sound of another scholar
closing in on the same topic.
Beyond the Ivory Tower
It's easier for engineering Ph.D.'s to land that first nonacademic job than
for humanists, but they face the same challenges in the workplace.
On Course
A new Web site offers one of the most comprehensive classroom guides
available online.
P&T Confidential
Here are some strategies to lessen the odds that your refusal will be taken
as a personal affront.
First Person
The first in a series on what assistant professors want and need to be
successful in academe.
First Person
How can a midcareer faculty member whose days are filled with administrative
and service work find time for research?
Heads Up
Here are ways to make "the toughest job in the university" a little easier.
Page Proof
The fearlessness and linguistic facility of a trio of provocative writers
should serve as a role model for academics.
First Person
Taking on extra jobs to make ends meet becomes something of an obsession for
one doctoral candidate.
First Person
Too many campus administrators and professors fail to hold technology to
academic standards of cost analysis and assessment.
The Two-Year Track
At many two-year colleges, moonlighting is a common practice, if not always
an accepted one.
Career News
College workers in midcareer are most likely to express negative feelings about their jobs, The Chronicle's first extensive survey of college workplaces has found.
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Court Ruling on Unemployment Benefits Favors Professors A Plum Contract Read a special report on how colleges are working to diversify their faculties and staffs. ForumsNew Topics
Office Hours
What is your department's policy on office hours?
Hiring Freeze
Job seekers compare notes on which institutions have declared a hiring freeze.
Post-Tenure Metamorphosis
Newly tenured professors talk about how tenure has changed them.
Location Humor
How do you know if your new tenure-track job is in a "geographically undesirable" location?
Dissertators' Support Thread
Need help overcoming procrastination? Join a virtual support group for dissertation writers.
Health Issues on the Job
Talk about how to cope with chronic illness, disability, and other health issues in the academic workplace in our new forum.
Job-Market Check-In Thread
Share information about how your search is progressing. Available Forums
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