The Chronicle of Higher Education | Advice http://chronicle.com/section/Advice/66/ Advice Sun, 19 May 2013 17:18:59 EDT <![CDATA[Writer's Block on the Dark Side]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139281/ http://chronicle.com/article/Writers-Block-on-the-Dark/139281/ A faculty member considers why she had so much difficulty writing during her administrative stint.

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Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Cultivating Partnerships in the Digital Humanities]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139161/ http://chronicle.com/article/Cultivating-Partnerships-in/139161/ What teaching colleges and research universities have to gain from collaboration.

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Mon, 13 May 2013 00:04:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Not Dressing the Part, and Other Interview Mistakes]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139159/ http://chronicle.com/article/Not-Dressing-the-Part-and/139159/ Ten techniques that backfire on administrative job candidates.

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Mon, 13 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Teaching While Gay]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139097/ http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-While-Gay/139097/ Do we, as educators, have an obligation to respect our students' views that run in opposition to our own lives?

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Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[The Case of the Vampire Student]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139099/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Case-of-the-Vampire/139099/ Just how bad does a graduate student's performance have to be before her faculty adviser pulls the plug?

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Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[The Déjà Vu of Today's Application Files]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/139101/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-D-j-Vu-of-Todays/139101/ As a new Ph.D. on the job market, you should realize that your competition is reading the same self-help books and Web sites as you are.

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Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[The Best Problem: Dealing With More Than One Job Offer]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138957/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Best-Problem-Dealing-With/138957/ Having multiple suitors is an enviable position but one that carries its own kinds of confusion, pitfalls, and anxiety.

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Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Teaching on the Tenure Track]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138959/ http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-on-the-Tenure-Track/138959/ A new professor resolves to start his career with less of a wall between him and his students—but how?

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Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Life After Academe: My Blazer Is a Cardigan]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138903/ http://chronicle.com/article/Life-After-Academe-My-Blazer/138903/ Leaving graduate school doesn't have to mean selling out or forsaking your intellectual values.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[What We Don't Talk About on the Admissions Tour]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138901/ http://chronicle.com/article/What-We-Dont-Talk-About-on/138901/ Real, heartfelt stories about learning would inspire prospective students far more than another glossy brochure.

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Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Moving Into New Quarters]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138899/ http://chronicle.com/article/Moving-Into-New-Quarters/138899/ A professor finds that her new office location, in the library, makes her more empathetic toward her students.

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Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[I'd Like to Thank the Academy]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138873/ http://chronicle.com/article/Id-Like-to-Thank-the-Academy/138873/ The place where a writer's personality is revealed clearly, if unintentionally, is in the acknowledgments.

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138875/ http://chronicle.com/article/Self-Sabotage-in-the-Academic/138875/ Fifteen ways in which faculty members harm their own futures, often without knowing it.

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Mon, 29 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT
<![CDATA[From CV to 1-Page Résumé]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138739/ http://chronicle.com/article/From-CV-to-1-Page-R-sum-/138739/ What you need to know about preparing cover letters and résumés for nonteaching and nonacademic positions.

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[A Community of Learners]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138815/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-Community-of-Learners/138815/ Measuring the value of higher education may seem like an impossible undertaking, but institutions can start by measuring positive student outcomes.

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Thu, 25 Apr 2013 10:42:00 EDT
<![CDATA[What's the Secret to Getting Grants?]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138737/ http://chronicle.com/article/Whats-the-Secret-to-Getting/138737/ Cutting-edge science and collaborative projects both play a role, not to mention luck.

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Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[My Calamitous Teaching Demo]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138735/ http://chronicle.com/article/My-Calamitous-Teaching-Demo/138735/ A job candidate was ready to prove her pedagogical skills, but were her temporary students ready for her?

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Break Through to Innovation in Digital Learning]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138747/ http://chronicle.com/article/Break-Through-to-Innovation-in/138747/ Pearson creates innovative digital products and services that help institutions break through to improved outcomes.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[A Unified and Modern Administrative Solution for Higher Education]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138741/ http://chronicle.com/article/A-UnifiedModern/138741/ Workday’s unified administrative solution includes key components that stay current with your institution’s changing needs.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Enterprise Control with Departmental Flexibility]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138733/ http://chronicle.com/article/Enterprise-Control-with/138733/ Laserfiche offers flexible software that directly reduces operational costs and streamlines the delivery of student services.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 11:54:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Fear of Feminism]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138631/ http://chronicle.com/article/Fear-of-Feminism/138631/ Would a feminist by any other name be as sweet?

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Not Too Close]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138629/ http://chronicle.com/article/Not-Too-Close/138629/ When to keep your distance from graduate-student advisees.

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 00:01:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Students Without Borders]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138541/ http://chronicle.com/article/Students-Without-Borders/138541/ I'm not their butler, their nurse, or their doormat.

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[The Politics of Academic Space]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138539/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Politics-of-Academic-Space/138539/ In an economy of scarcity, a rare commodity like office space will be fought over tenaciously.

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Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[The Other Job Search]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138523/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Other-Job-Search/138523/ A dual-career couple in history ignores all the warnings and goes in search of two teaching jobs.

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Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT
<![CDATA[Does Blanket 'Don't Go to Graduate School!' Advice Ignore Race and Reality?]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138537/ http://chronicle.com/article/Does-Blanket-Dont-Go-to/138537/ For some students, the decision to attend graduate school is a lot less stupid than it is often characterized by advice gurus.

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT