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Encouraging Department Chairs
Leaders of academic departments are underutilized in fostering change and progress in higher education, writes Marian Stoltz-Loike.
A Dozen Sentences
Philip N. Howard identifies the lines that are needed in every cover letter by a graduate student or new Ph.D. seeking an academic job.
Alt-Ac Challenges
Brenda Bethman reviews some of the adjustments one makes in leaving the faculty career path.
Adjunct Pay and Anger
Two adjuncts discuss their working lives -- and the ways they respond to the injustices they face.
9 to 5
It's possible to be a successful academic without working more than 40 hours a week, writes Trish Roberts-Miller.
Don't Ride the Bandwagon
Just because a teaching idea is hot doesn't mean you need to embrace it, writes Rob Weir.
Starting Over, Part 2
Changing jobs can stress out a professor. Cathy Day has done it four times, and offers advice on adjusting to a new college.