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How Not to Reform Humanities Scholarship
Will the changes being proposed for scholarship in the humanities do more harm than good?
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An Academic in America
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Invisible Gorillas Are Everywhere
Humanities, sciences, technology, and the next revolution in higher education.
- We're Still in Love With Books
- 'Getting to Clear'
- Big-Tent Digital Humanities: a View From the Edge, Part 2
Balancing Act
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The Pyramid Problem
Why is faculty gender equality still not within striking distance?
- Answering the Illegal Question
- How to Change Workplace Culture on Parenting
- Have No Illusions: Dual Academic Careers
Beyond the Ivory Tower
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The Sweet Spot of a Nonacademic Job Search
A Ph.D. who quit a tenure-track job offers a primer on how to get started on finding a new career path outside of academe.
- Changing History
- Sharing the Driving
- Zigzagging Through the Real World
Catalyst
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Read Me (Please)
Tired of waiting for your colleague to respond to your manuscript? What can you do to end the delay?
- Can Well-Behaved Women Make (Academic) History?
- When Your Adviser Wants a Letter of Support
Elsewhere in The Chronicle
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Anguish Trumps Activism at the MLA
Occupy the MLA? No. Highlight higher education's policy problems? Yes.
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Long Island U.'s Brooklyn Campus Revokes Health-Care Coverage for Striking Faculty
A campus spokesman said the revocation was permitted under the institution's policies on benefiits, but faculty criticized the move as a form of intimidation.
- At Higher-Education Labor Conference, the Emphasis Is on Unity
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Fight Over Union Rights in Wisconsin Signals a National Trend
The CV Doctor
Our experts offer advice on preparing strong academic CV's and résumés for nonacademic jobs.
Latest Manage-Your-Career Columns
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So You Want to Examine Your University's Financial Reports?
The official figures are usually correct; what you need to be wary of is the words and labels attached to those numbers.
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Good Deeds That Are Most Punished, Part 1: Teaching
Young faculty members who try to help everyone in every way end up hurting their own productivity and careers.
- Grand Applications
- What to Expect in a Second-Round Interview
- I've Got Tenure. How Depressing.
Recent Advice Columns
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Making a Public Ph.D.
How, specifically, do you put together a program that will prepare graduate students for nonacademic careers?
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This Course Is Adults Only
Why your small children do not belong in my graduate-level course.
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Keep It Short
The last thing students want to hear at their commencement ceremonies is a long faculty speech.
First Person
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This Course Is Adults Only
Why your small children do not belong in my graduate-level course.
- So You Want to Examine Your University's Financial Reports?
- Grand Applications
Moving Up
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Using a Case Study to Hire a Dean
How can a search committee get candidates to demonstrate concrete behaviors that are necessary for success in the job?
- Becoming a Dean
- Confidentiality Is Becoming the Norm in Presidential Searches
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Peer Review
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New Mexico's Next Chief Aims for Fresh Start
Several rocky years preceded Robert Frank's appointment. He acknowledges that "skeptical" faculty want him to prove he was the right choice.
- U. of Utah's New President Hopes to Widen Appeal of the Flagship Campus
- Suffolk U.'s New President Taps His Sociological Training to Meet Students' Needs
First Time on the Market?
Going on the academic job market for the first time? Here are some things you should know.
