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In Search of Lost Time

As the new academic year begins, Vanessa Doriott Anderson raises some key questions to ask yourself to help you manage your time more effectively.

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The Secret to a Meaningful Start: Miss Your Mark

The first day of class sets the tone for the entire semester, writes David R. Bowne, who has developed an unusual yet successful way to do so—with M&Ms.

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The Provost as Swiss Army Knife

Theresa Billiot offers strategies for how top academic officers can drive positive institutional change while maintaining their own well-being.

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Teaching Markets and Morality

The need for students to consider the touch points between big moral questions and today’s political and financial issues is more pressing than ever, write Peter Boumgarden and Abram Van Engen.

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The Warning Signs of Academic Layoffs

Ryan Anderson advises on how to tell if your institution is gearing up for them and how you can prepare and protect your career.

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Rethinking Professional Development for Grad Students

Laura Kuizin describes how to create opportunities that go beyond the classroom and prepare students for the dynamic workforce they’ll soon enter.

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Legislation Isn’t All That Negatively Impacts DEI Practitioners

Many experience incivility, bullying, belittling and a disregard for their views and feelings on their own campuses, write Nelia Viveiros, M. Gabriela Torres, and Elizabeth Hutchison.

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Helping Students to Not Snub Each Other in Class

Jeremy T. Murphy outlines five ways to encourage them to shift their focus from the instructor to one another in whole class discussions.