The Fund Raiser
Considering a Job in Fund Raising?
Brian Taylor
I know what you're thinking after reading that headline: "Search for a new job? I'm just thankful to have any job in this economy." With layoffs at companies in what appears to be nearly every industry, and economic news good one day and bad the next, everyone currently employed should be pleased. But you don't have to delay your job search just because of the uncertain news all around us....
On Hiring
- The Future of the Dissertation
- Hiring and Firing Bytes
- Simple Faculty-Load Tricks
- Trinkets and Tokens
- Hiring for the Mission
On Message
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Understanding the 'Public' in Public Relations
Ignored or underappreciated, a college's neighbors can create needless headaches for PR officers.
- Who Is on the Other End of Facebook?
- Getting Professors to Meet Their Deadlines
- Navigating New (Media) Frontiers
- One Voice, Many Audiences
The Party Line
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A Tale of Two Lobbying Firms
Budget turmoil forces administrators to choose sides over which lobbyist to keep.
- Can You Get Us President Obama, Please?
- I'm From Government Relations, and I'm Here to Help Me
- The Politics of Travel
- The Subprime Deli
A President's Fourth Year
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We're All in This Together
How the frigid economic climate is creating a certain human warmth on our campuses.
- How to Avoid Becoming a One-Hit Wonder
Elsewhere in The Chronicle
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Report Highlights Characteristics of Colleges With High Transfer-Success Rates
The findings suggest practices that can help more low-income and first-generation students make the transition from two-year to four-year colleges.
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Duncan Promises Colleges Attention to Cutting Costly Red Tape
The education secretary says he's willing to make a deal with colleges: fewer reporting requirements in exchange for improvements in student performance.
Latest Run-Your-Campus Columns
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Reduce the Technology, Rescue Your Job
The bills have come due, and it's the avatar, clicker, tweeter, or you that is going to go.
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The Unkindest Cut of All
Taking an across-the-board approach to budget cuts may seem egalitarian, but it can seriously weaken an institution.
- Exactly What Is 'Shared Governance'?
- The Burden of Confidentiality
- Your Next Few Leaders
Recent Advice Columns
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Title IX Includes Maternal Discrimination
It's family-unfriendly policies — not lack of interest or commitment — that turn many women away from academic science.
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Value, Price, and Fees
Distinguishing between price and value can boost your retirement returns.
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Sorry I'm Late
We tend toward lateness because each of us hates waiting more than we feel bad about making others wait.
Heads Up
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Fight Your Own Battles
Deploying students as surrogate warriors violates everything we stand for as a professoriate.
- The Unkindest Cut of All
- Growing Pains
Executive Compensation
Search The Chronicle’s database of salaries of college presidents and other chief executives.

