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Increase Your Odds of Landing the Job Interview
Follow these five tips that may seem basic but that you’d be surprised how many job seekers ignore, advises James Rhoades.
Purpose and the Ph.D.
Joseph Lewis and Sonali Majumdar share lessons learned and outline approaches to (re)discover purpose and gain agency in graduate school.
Research Getting Buried? Change How You Write
Reihane Boghrati shares the results of her study on the ways one’s writing style can affect how often an academic paper is cited.
Making Time for Change
As fall begins, following through on strategic plans demands college leaders rethink current commitments, processes and practices—but when? Peter Eckel offers advice.
3 Ways to Improve Student Group Work
Throwing students into groups without an accountability system rigs such work against them, writes Christina Katopodis, but we can transform it by thoughtfully structuring it in equitable ways.
A Blueprint for Graduate Student Leadership
It’s challenging to balance it with academic commitments, write William A. Repetto and Ioannis Vasileios Chremos, but there are ways to do so successfully.
In Praise of Napping
Even people who try to live a healthy life during grad school often sacrifice sleep to make room for all that needs doing, says Victoria McGovern. What can we do about it?
The Dark Side of Academic Sisterhood
Women faculty members hear lots of advice on coping with misogyny in academe, but the lack of support they may receive from other women is far less discussed, writes Dorina Pojani.