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A Scholarly Approach to Work-Life Issues
Need reliable information about promotions, leaves and other work-life issues? Elizabeth Simmons offers advice on how to research these matters at your institution.
'You Can't Always Get What You Want'
But you won't get much of anything if you don't negotiate, says Cheryl E. Ball.
Surviving Grad School
Jennifer Schloss shares seven steps to keeping your enthusiasm high, and your doctoral education moving forward.
A Scholarly Approach to Your Career
The coursework and research from your postgraduate training have equipped you with the scholarly skills to help you master the mysteries of faculty life, Elizabeth Simmons writes.
Not Newly Minted Enough?
Two adjuncts consider the jobs available to them, and those closed off.
Life on the #GraftonLine
Matthew Pratt Guterl analyzes a Twitter hashtag for what it says about academic mentoring, the role of senior and junior scholars, technology and the quest to write.
Teaching Writing Intensive Courses
Instructors who embrace this educationally valuable approach need not let grading consume their lives, writes Andrew Joseph Pegoda.
Above and Beyond
Terry McGlynn offers advice on how to stand out in a cover letter for a faculty job at a teaching institution.