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Previous "P&T Confidential" Columns

An inside look at hiring, promotion, and tenure issues

P&T Confidential

Failing to seek and keep a good relationship with a mentor during the tenure-track years is a serious mistake.

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While the demands of tenure should not be minimized, obsessiveness about your career is a mistake, psychologically and practically.

P&T Confidential

Learning how to get the most out of an academic meeting has become an essential skill.

P&T Confidential

For young scholars, the "revise and resubmit" stage of publishing an article is as critical as the initial writing.

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A fog of doom and gloom will not help you seize the prize, and might even blind you to the best ways to achieve it.

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For tenure-track professors, knowing how to keep a secret, and when to share one, is getting trickier.

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A blueprint for rescuing your academic career from the ashes of tenure denial.

P&T Confidential

Before you appeal your case, for the sake of your sanity and your bank account, consider all the reasons why you shouldn't.

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