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Sabbaticals as Engines of Liberation
Annmarie Caño gives advice to help both institutional leaders and faculty rethink them and develop practices that promote learning, growth and creativity.
Avoiding the ‘Curse of Knowledge’ in Your Writing
When seeking an academic editor, you may want to consider a generalist, writes Natalie Schriefer, who suggests how to find the best one for your work.
How Deans Can Help End Service Slacking
Richard Badenhausen suggests ways they can chip away at the phenomenon, most of which don’t cost money and are replicable across institutions.
25 Rules for Successful Research Professors
Richard Primack offers advice for how to be a happy, healthy and productive researcher year after year.
A Primer for Prepping for Tenure Review
Kate Vacek and Letitia Henville offer tips for academics who've just landed their first tenure-track job about how to advance and succeed.
Teaching Behind Enemy Lines
Susan Shaw offers advice for colleagues working in states where legislators are questioning progressive teaching and academic freedom.
The Virtues of Being a Selfish Teacher-Scholar
We’re pulled in many different directions and supposed to be jacks-of-all-trades, writes Anthony Barnhart, but that expectation is unreasonable.
Do Academic Sabbaticals Offer Space to Rest?
Hanna Tervanotko explores questions about the purpose of a sabbatical today, such as whether it should primarily serve the individual or the institution.