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Being Foreign on the U.S. Academic Market
International graduate students are faced with an added challenge on the U.S. job market -- get a job or go home -- but it's possible to turn their foreignness to their advantage, Christopher Garland writes.
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Dealing With the Press
Rob Weir offers some suggestions for professors on what to do when reporters call.
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Meritocracy, Lottery, Game
Gerry Canavan questions the metaphor commonly used to describe the academic job market.
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Surviving Blackademia
KC Williams and Shannon Gibney offer advice on navigating the often-hostile work environment for women of color in the academy.
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Don't React Personally
Nate Kreuter considers the realities of rejection -- and dealing with rejection -- in academic careers.
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Tracking Ph.D. Career Paths
Melanie Sinche writes that there may finally be momentum for gathering data crucial to helping doctoral students understand their opportunities.
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How to Treat Adjuncts
Patrick Iber, working off the tenure track, considers the basics on how those who have tenure-track security should treat those who don't.