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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
More Advice
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
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Going on the academic job market for the first time? Here are some things you should know.

