The Chronicle of Higher Education | Do Your Job Better http://chronicle.com/section/Do-Your-Job-Better/72/ Advice :: Do Your Job Better Thu, 23 May 2013 19:09:37 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.

]]> Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:00 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?

]]> 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?

]]> Wed, 08 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?

]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 00:01:00 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.

]]> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 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.

]]> Wed, 24 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.

]]> 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.

]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Gun-to-the-Head Writing]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138349/ http://chronicle.com/article/Gun-to-the-Head-Writing/138349/ What is it that so bothers me about in-class writing assignments?

]]> Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[It's a Flipping Revolution]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138259/ http://chronicle.com/article/Its-a-Flipping-Revolution/138259/ How changes in teaching and technology are changing our relationships with students.

]]> Thu, 04 Apr 2013 16:01:00 EDT <![CDATA[Let's Do Lunch]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/138083/ http://chronicle.com/article/Lets-Do-Lunch/138083/ Treating graduate students as people, not just scholars in training, will make them better professionals.

]]> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 00:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Why They Don't Apply What They Learn, Part 3]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137963/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-They-Dont-Apply-What-They/137963/ A look at how faculty members can help students use what they've learned once the course is over.

]]> Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Learning Not to Give Too Much Advice]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137959/ http://chronicle.com/article/Learning-Not-to-Give-Too-Much/137959/ It's better for graduate students who get stuck to get themselves unstuck.

]]> Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Things I Didn't Learn in Graduate School]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137807/ http://chronicle.com/article/Things-I-Didnt-Learn-in/137807/ How to give court testimony, and other lessons a student-affairs administrator wishes he'd been taught.

]]> Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EDT <![CDATA[Curing Midterm Torpor]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137699/ http://chronicle.com/article/Curing-Midterm-Torpor/137699/ I've reached that point in the semester where students seem to go into hibernation until the final exam.

]]> Wed, 06 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Bittersweet Task of Running a Grant Program]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137657/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Bittersweet-Task-of/137657/ From drafting the call for proposals to announcing the results, here's what you need to know.

]]> Mon, 04 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[So You Want to Organize a Conference?]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137577/ http://chronicle.com/article/So-You-Want-to-Organize-a/137577/ Lessons from a first-time meeting planner.

]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Making Good on Our Commitment to Needy Students]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137391/ http://chronicle.com/article/Making-Good-on-Our-Commitment/137391/ Colleges still have a lot to learn about working with first-generation and low-income students.

]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Why They Don't Apply What They've Learned, Part 2]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137389/ http://chronicle.com/article/Why-They-Dont-Apply-What/137389/ The students who transfer knowledge from one context to another are usually the ones who come to college with their own questions.

]]> Tue, 19 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Polishing Your Prose, Word by (Needless) Word]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137327/ http://chronicle.com/article/Polishing-Your-Prose-Word-by/137327/ A lesson in how to prune your writing, phrase by phrase, sentence by sentence.

]]> Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Secret Relationships in the Advising Office]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137267/ http://chronicle.com/article/Secret-Relationships-in-the/137267/ Can you advise a student effectively if you've never met in person?

]]> Wed, 13 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[Serving Our Dual-Enrollment Students]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137263/ http://chronicle.com/article/Serving-Our-Dual-Enrollment/137263/ High-school-age students who take college courses should be treated like any other college students—with some accommodations.

]]> Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[On Being a Rookie Chair]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137209/ http://chronicle.com/article/On-Being-a-Rookie-Chair/137209/ Everyone assumes my life is now extraordinarily difficult and stressful. Should I let them?

]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:00:00 EST <![CDATA[The Reality of Writing a Good Book Proposal]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/137207/ http://chronicle.com/article/The-Reality-of-Writing-a-Good/137207/ Once the crazy submissions are shooed away, publishers are left with a bunch of equally viable candidates.

]]> Mon, 11 Feb 2013 00:01:00 EST <![CDATA[In Search of a Good Critique]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/136937/ http://chronicle.com/article/In-Search-of-a-Good-Critique/136937/ It's possible to get useful evaluations of your work, but you have to help the process along.

]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2013 00:00:01 EST <![CDATA[Student Engagement in the Online Classroom]]> http://chronicle.com/article/article-content/136897/ http://chronicle.com/article/Student-Engagement-in-the/136897/ A veteran online instructor offers tips for keeping students interested and active.

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