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Preparing for Job Season
It requires a lot of forethought, as well as the use of skills that can be practiced and honed, advises Melissa Dennihy.
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Teaching Students to Manage Their Time
The early days of a new semester are a good time to teach students about lateness and procrastination, writes Charlotte Kent.
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Nonprofit Leadership by and for Early Career Scientists
Adriana Bankston encourages early career scientists to seek opportunities to benefit society beyond academe.
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Advice for Marginalized Students on Choosing a Ph.D. Program
Eric Anthony Grollman suggests key questions to ask and what to look out for.
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Dear Mentors: Help! My Semester Plan Has Already Fallen Apart
Sometimes the best-laid plans for your semester fall apart. Anthony Ocampo and Kerry Ann Rockquemore share five ways to get back on track
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Outside Higher Ed
Beth Godbee offers lessons from her decision to leave a tenured position in academe and how she arrived at it.
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We Need to Rethink Training for Ph.D.s
Why aren’t our graduate programs teaching students how to teach, Whitney Ross Manzo and Kristina M. W. Mitchell ask, rather than preparing them for the far more rare research job?
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Do You Need a Postdoc?
Many Ph.D. students simply default to postdoctoral training as a logical next step, when instead they should be making a much more intentional choice, writes Stephanie K. Eberle.