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Validation and Sassiness in Academe
When a professor saw herself heading toward the jaded attitude she'd noticed in senior colleagues, she decided she had two choices.
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Fostering Trust in Academic Departments
It is crucial in a vibrant academic unit, and you can cultivate it in some specific ways, advise Elizabeth A. Luckman, C. K. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. Burbules and Robert A. Easter.
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The Joy of Kids for the Teacher-Scholar
Kids and academic life complement and enrich each other in lovely, unexpected ways, writes Kyle Sebastian Vitale.
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A Beyond the Professoriate Faculty Challenge
Faculty members can better advise students about career options by interviewing people in higher education -- and they don't even have to leave their campuses to do it, write Jennifer Polk and L. Maren Wood.
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Making Mentoring Relationships Meaningful
Adriana Bankston examines the true meaning of mentoring and how best to mentor the mentors.
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Celebrating Academic Bravery
It challenges the status quo, crosses boundaries and breaks new ground, writes Eric Anthony Grollman, and we should honor and acknowledge it.
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That Time of Year Again
A junior professor provides advice for interviewing and networking at national conferences like those taking place this week.
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An Ode to Teacherless Writing Classes
An uncredentialed writing instructor, Gizem Karaali, shares some effective tools learned through trial and error.