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Procrastination - I
Peg Boyle Single considers how we put off writing -- and how to change our habits.
A Brief Breath of Spring
Teresa Mangum sees a few hopeful developments in this year's gloomy job market.
It's Crunch Time!
The end of the semester must be near because nearly all the new faculty members I met last week were...
Monitoring Independent Study
When a professor supervises student work at an outside business, how does a department provide oversight? C.K. Gunsalus helps with the issues and the politics.
How to Lose Friends and Influence No One
Rob Weir considers the administrative practices that make many professors reject the idea of a position outside the faculty ranks.
There Is No Guru
Kerry Ann Rockquemore wants you to reconsider the quest for the perfect mentor.
Perfectionism -- II
Peg Boyle Single identifies symptoms and treatments for a problem that can block writing.
Recovering Administrator
Terri Givens, back in the faculty ranks, considers what she learned and why (when the time is right) she may go back.