Career Talk
Dealing With a Difficult Adviser
What are your options when your mentor is failing as a mentor?
On Hiring
- Discipline Envy
- Faculty Relations With the Governing Board
- Starting Dates and Pay Gaps
- Hiring the President's Spouse
- Full-Court Press
On Message
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On the Market in PR
What college and university employers are looking for in public-relations officers.
- The Productive PR Office
- Understanding the 'Public' in Public Relations
- Who Is on the Other End of Facebook?
- Getting Professors to Meet Their Deadlines
On Course
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Doughnuts and Candy for the Kids
Is it pandering to bring treats to class, or does it serve any educational purpose?
- Calling an Audible
- Speaking Truth to Papers
- Teaching Resolutions for the New Year
- Lessons From a Freshman Year
Page Proof
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Cover Stories
How do you get a cover design for your book that doesn't make you cringe?
- Floating Deadlines
- 'Your Review Was Brutal'
- Fashion Lessons for Graduate Students
- Kindling Changes for the Reader and the Writer
Latest Do-Your-Job-Better Columns
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Changes
Lots of relationships evolve when you become chair of a department.
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What's on One Fund Raiser's Mind in 2010?
Donors want flexibility, both in making new commitments and paying off old ones.
- The Right Kind of Nothing
- Fight Your Own Battles
- Speaking of Speaking
Recent Advice Columns
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The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind'
Most departments will never willingly provide information on graduate-student attrition, debt, and placement.
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The Conference Poster Child
Many scientists have strong preferences about whether to give a talk or present a poster.
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Life After Tenure Denial
An assistant professor rebuilds his career and prepares to go up for tenure a second time.
Ms. Mentor
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Saving Academic Integrity or Your Career?
An adjunct seeks advice about how to handle a suspected plagiarist who just so happens to be married to the department chair.
- My Adviser Is Full of Spite
- Great Man, Awful Speech
- I Hate Myself When I'm Teaching
- What's Yours and What's Mine?