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Go Ahead—Allow Yourself to Reflect

Taking the time to reflect while in the middle of a job search can lead to better career decisions, Lauren Easterling writes.

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Opinion

Why I Invited AI to Dinner

Asking students to converse with chat bots can help them see academic inquiry as a conversation, Michael Millner writes.

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Academic Assistants, Unite!

Academic assistants can better support one another—and their institutions—when they connect, members of the Connecticut College Faculty Administrative Support Team write.

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The Art of Professional Thank-You Notes

Katie Homar offers tips for composing thoughtful thank-you notes.

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Learning a Language Called ‘How to Provost’

Laurie McLary reflects on what it’s like to wholly, humanly inhabit an administrative role whose language and norms you are only just learning.

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How to Send Thoughtful Guest Speaker Invitations

Thoughtful invitations require deep work by event organizers, Dr. Adaira Landry and Dr. Resa E. Lewiss write.

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Transforming the Postdoc-Faculty Mentoring Relationship

Relationship-centered mentoring can (re)align expectations and better prepare postdocs for career success, Paola Cépeda and Peter S. Myers write.

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The Jobs of Faculty Governance

Peter Eckel breaks down the discrete jobs that make up effective faculty governance.