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Why You Should Be an ACE Fellow
Considering academic leadership at the institutional level? Elizabeth Simmons explains how pursuing a fellowship both prepared her for future positions and altered her perspective on her current position.
Too Soon?
Grad students face real risks by going on the market before they are ready, writes Cheryl E. Ball.
Excluded
J. Sumerau on the problems with leaving trans and intersex people out of nationally "representative" surveys.
Interviewing Gay Candidates
Karen M. Whitney and Jon Derek Croteau offer guideposts for interacting with candidates and finding the best talent for key academic positions.
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.