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Advocate for Languages
Executive director of the MLA discusses mentors, career paths, learning from disappointments and the challenges facing higher education.
Stand Up for Yourself
Maria Shine Stewart examines what comedy class can teach instructors about what they do in their own classrooms.
Thinking About Skills
To advance in student affairs, it's important to focus on issues beyond job titles, writes Owen Sutkowski.
The Gossip Scene
New academics need information, official and otherwise, writes Barbara Pinckus, but there can be costs for gathering and sharing it.
Making Interdisciplinarity Possible
To make joint faculty appointments work, colleges should use memorandums of understanding to clearly define expectations, write Elizabeth H. Simmons and Michael P. Nelson.
Think Like a Colleague
To succeed in job interviews, especially during the economic downturn, grad students need to shift mindsets, write Cheryl Reed and Dawn M. Formo.
Presidential Transitions
Patrick Sanaghan offers advice for incoming leaders, departing leaders and board members.
The Very Rough Art of Listening
Listen up, all you listless listeners: you may want to amplify your attending skills as a new academic year approaches. Maria Shine Stewart suggests why.