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The Self-Declared Pseudosabbatical

By treating breaks in the academic calendar more intentionally, faculty can carve out informal periods of time away between once-every-seven-years sabbaticals.

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Opinion

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.

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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.

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Opinion

How to Form and Sustain a Faculty Growth Club

The first rule of faculty Growth Club is that you can (and should) talk about it.

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Opinion

Open the Black Box of Faculty Salary Models

A transparent, predictable model for faculty salaries can build trust and alignment around institutional mission.

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How to Prepare for a Teaching-Track Academic Interview

You can’t control a lot of things about the application process—but you can control how well you prepare for the interview.

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Opinion

Rethinking Fit: Autism and Equity in Faculty Hiring

Sociability is not the same as hireability. Colleges can take concrete steps to make the academic hiring process fairer for neurodivergent candidates.

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Opinion

Professor Hamlet Contemplates Retirement

Such heady occasion demands a soliloquy.