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Reading the Creek
Karen Hoelscher and Carmen Werder offer tips on how to pitch a piece of writing to publishers.
Getting In on the Ground Floor
Even in the tight job market, new academic units are hiring. Would their positions be a good fit for you? Daniel Kennedy shares questions to consider.
A Dual Exit
Why do both members of an academic couple leave higher ed? They tell Eliza Woolf.
When Things Fall Apart
Rob Weir discusses what to do when life intervenes in a major way in plans for your semester.
Let the Countdown Begin!
Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers 10 tips for the crunch time of the fall semester.
Thanksgiving: Binge or Break?
Kerry Ann Rockquemore reviews two approaches by academics to the holiday.
Tips for Proposal Writers
A scientist, fresh from work on a review panel, offers advice.
An Unexpected Path
Joanne Nystrom Janssen wanted a job teaching at a liberal arts college, and describes the search process that landed her such a position -- at a new institution in Bangladesh.