First Person
Writer's Block on the Dark Side
A faculty member considers why she had so much difficulty writing during her administrative stint.
An Academic in America
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Cultivating Partnerships in the Digital Humanities
What teaching colleges and research universities have to gain from collaboration.
- Considering Adjunct Misery
- Stop Calling It 'Digital Humanities'
- Surviving the Next Apocalypse: a Modest Curriculum
Balancing Act
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Not Taking Time Off
When her husband got sick, a professor could have applied for an emergency family leave. So why didn't she?
- Title IX and Babies: The New Frontier?
- The Future of the Ph.D.
- The Next Step for Female Scientists
Beyond the Ivory Tower
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From Academe to Market Research
A Ph.D. in the life sciences offers advice on pursuing a nonacademic job.
- The Humanities Ph.D. at Work
- Don't Reform Graduate Education in a Vacuum
- Location, Location, Location
Career Confidential
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The Best Problem: Dealing With More Than One Job Offer
Having multiple suitors is an enviable position but one that carries its own kinds of confusion, pitfalls, and anxiety.
Catalyst
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Fear of Feminism
Would a feminist by any other name be as sweet?
- On Being a Rookie Chair
- A Remarkable Number of Women
- One-Sentence Mentoring
Elsewhere in The Chronicle
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For Adjuncts Who Take a Role in Contract Talks, Job Protection Is Rare
Adjuncts can come to the bargaining table, speakers at a conference on academic labor said, but doing so can cost them their jobs.
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MLA Sessions Keep the Focus on Adjuncts
A panel discussion and a speech by the association's president emphasize the problems faced by instructors off the tenure track.
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As Michigan Becomes a 'Right to Work' State, College Unions Plan Next Moves
Latest Manage-Your-Career Columns
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Not Dressing the Part, and Other Interview Mistakes
Ten techniques that backfire on administrative job candidates.
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The Déjà Vu of Today's Application Files
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.
- Life After Academe: My Blazer Is a Cardigan
- Self-Sabotage in the Academic Career
- From CV to 1-Page Résumé
Recent Advice Columns
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Teaching While Gay
Do we, as educators, have an obligation to respect our students' views that run in opposition to our own lives?
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The Case of the Vampire Student
Just how bad does a graduate student's performance have to be before her faculty adviser pulls the plug?
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Teaching on the Tenure Track
A new professor resolves to start his career with less of a wall between him and his students—but how?
First Person
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Writer's Block on the Dark Side
A faculty member considers why she had so much difficulty writing during her administrative stint.
- Teaching While Gay
- The Case of the Vampire Student
Moving Up
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Not Dressing the Part, and Other Interview Mistakes
Ten techniques that backfire on administrative job candidates.
- Faculty Members Can Lead, but Will They?
- Seeking a Different Sort of Leader
More Advice
Peer Review
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It's No Act: This Athletic Director Wants Athletes to Take On New Roles
Patrick Haden, of the University of Southern California, performed in a musical to model the value of experiencing college more broadly.
- To the End, Donald Kagan Argues for the Primacy of the West
- New Education Dean Takes Social Justice Into the Classroom
First Time on the Market?
Going on the academic job market for the first time? Here are some things you should know.
The CV Doctor
Our experts offer advice on preparing strong academic CV's and résumés for nonacademic jobs.
