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Opinion
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The Time for the 30-Hour Workweek Has Come

Higher ed should lead the way.

By Semra Kılıç-Bahi

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Opinion
Columns Everything Is Fine

It’s My Birthday and I’ll Take Off if I Want To

Flexible and shortened schedules—birthday leave, summer Fridays, even the four-day week—aren’t just nice perks. They’re simple, low-cost ways to decrease burnout and show employees they are valued.

By Jessi Gold

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Opinion
Views

Academic Forests Are Higher Ed’s Hidden Jewels

Forests are an asset for employee and student well-being and offer invaluable opportunities for teaching, research and recreation. Universities should protect them.

By Robert F. Baldwin et al.

A cartoon-like drawing of a bossy manager sitting in a big chair, talking into a megaphone, seemingly ignoring the needs of employees. One carries a huge stack of papers, suggesting he is overburdened. Two employees look stressed and overwhelmed while sitting at their computers. A fourth has a megaphone with which he appears to be trying to communicate with the boss.
Opinion
Career Advice

16 Types of Toxic Bosses

If you recognize your boss in one of these prototypes, you can do something about it.

By Jane S. Halonen et al.

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Opinion
Career Advice

Why Every Academic Team Needs Its Own Conflict Playbook

Disagreement doesn’t have to be disruptive; a conflict playbook can help turn it into something productive.

By Katherine M. Ruger

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Opinion
Career Advice

13 Effective Strategies for Better Faculty Hiring and Retention

Here’s what we learned from analyzing projects developed and assessed under the umbrella of NSF ADVANCE.

By Beth Mitchneck et al.

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Opinion
Career Advice

Forget ‘Work-Life Balance’

It’s the wrong framework—and it may be quietly harming us.

By Olga Kipnis

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Faculty Career Development

Admin, Staff Raises Outpace Inflation While Faculty Salaries Lag

New data from CUPA-HR shows that all higher ed employees earn less than they did prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.