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October 26, 2023

Career Advice 20231026

By  Sarah Bray

Career Advice

Weekly Newsletter

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Welcome to Inside Higher Ed’s Career Advice Newsletter!

We’ve created this weekly publication to give you expert advice on how to succeed professionally and help promulgate a healthy and supportive working environment. 

If you’re a graduate student, are you seeking to land your first job? If you’re a faculty member, are you hoping to advance at your institution or move to another one—or to hone your teaching skills? If you’re an administrator, do you want to become a better manager and engage those you supervise more effectively? If you work in human resources, are you looking for innovative ideas for developing an institutional culture that attracts the best employees? 

We’re here to offer you strategies and practices to help reach those goals, as well as to improve other aspects of your working life. We’ll be providing insights from our worldwide network of experienced reporters and opinion writers, culled from the articles, studies and other materials we publish each week. We’ll also mine our vast archives for the best career advice pieces we’ve run over the years, which offer tried-and-true recommendations that remain as current and relevant today as ever.

We hope you’ll find the newsletter useful and welcome your feedback as well as your thoughts on specific topics you’d like us to cover.

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It’s Not Easy Being Green

Jaynie C. Mitchell shares lessons learned firsthand about surviving the uncertain, uncomfortable feeling that comes with each new opportunity as you change jobs or careers.

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6 Powers Administrators Should Cultivate

Daniel Park provides advice on how to approach the daily challenges and conflicts that occur at colleges and universities with the right attitude and mind-set.

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Early career scholars—apply today for opportunities with the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress. Fellowship benefits include a monthly stipend, desk space, book delivery, and special collections access. Apply by September 15.

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Can Scholar Leadership Rescue Academia From Obsolescence?

Fatimah Williams details how cultivating leadership among faculty not only leads to individual and institutional success but also ensures higher ed makes a positive societal impact.

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Credit Where Credit Is Due

David Galef explores the true motives of students asking for extra credit and the results of instructors giving it.

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Purpose and the Ph.D.

Joseph Lewis and Sonali Majumdar share lessons learned and outline approaches to (re)discover purpose and gain agency in graduate school.

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The University of Scranton

The University of Scranton seeks a highly collaborative, innovative, and experienced academic leader to serve as its next Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. This chief academic officer will report directly to the president and be part of the president's cabinet, playing a key role in guiding the institution's strategic direction aligned with its Catholic and Jesuit mission and values. Read more »

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Overcoming Higher Ed’s Tech Hiring Hurdles

Speakers at the Educause ed-tech conference described experimenting with new hiring methods to attract and retain tech talent.

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