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Academic Tech/Library Careers for Ph.D.'s
The tenure track job market is in the toilet. Have you considered pursuing an academic technology or library career instead...
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It's what we like . . .
. . . that gets us into trouble. It's the folks who like smoking who are the most likely to...
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ABC's and PhD's: Marketing Pink
Happy New Year everyone! Having passed through to the other side of our most consumer-driven season of the year, maybe...
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The 2-Year Option
Worried humanities job seekers should consider positions at community colleges, writes Tom Hurley.
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Love and Death in Indiana
A black, gay professor is murdered in cold blood in Bloomington. Scott McLemee looks into a hate crime.
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Evolution of an Idea
When I started teaching eons ago—by which I mean 12 technology years—most ambitious teachers hoping to see the work of...
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Ask the Administrator: Does Anybody Really Enjoy This?
A new correspondent writes: I’m now serving (on an interim basis) as director of a small program at a university...
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Our Biggest Expense
We often hear that buying a house will be a family's biggest expense. I wonder if this aphorism still holds...