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A Paean to Think-Pair-Share
It’s a general-purpose didactic instrument, a veritable Swiss Army knife of classroom tools, argues Zachary Nowak, who suggests how to effectively use it in your own courses.
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When Should You Submit Your Scholarly Book Proposal?
After fielding hundreds (maybe thousands) of questions about the publishing process, Laura Portwood-Stacer offers answers to the one that comes up the most by a landslide.
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Increasing Career Opportunities Through Experiential Learning
Gaeun Seo and Michael W. Zhang outline the mutual benefits for both graduate students and higher education administrators.
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Self-Care Strategies for Faculty
Those of us who work in higher education should purposefully attend to our important needs, even if only for a short time each day, write Janet Alexander and Beth Kelch.
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Why Ph.D. Students Should Think Like Entrepreneurs
Getting a doctorate is a lot more rewarding if you stop trying to be a good student and start acting like you’re running your own business, advises Ilana M. Horwitz.
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The Good Enough Professor
During the pandemic, Douglas Guiffrida has found that the faculty who’ve succeeded in the new environment share a similar attitude that appears to be lacking among those who’ve struggled.
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The Times, They Are Changing
Institutions should take a more systematic approach to helping grad students and postdocs learn to communicate to potential employers the value and application of their work, argues Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan.
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Nothing Normal About Getting Tenure This Year
We are stepping into an environment where the stakes for defending the democratic university and the institution of tenure itself are arguably higher than ever, argues Megan A. Carney.