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The Overlooked Minefield
Any institutional efforts to retain BIPOC women faculty members can be nullified when teaching obstacles are allowed to run rampant, argues Chavella T. Pittman.
6 Ways Faculty Can Support Grad Students
They can mitigate the impacts of the pandemic, which has complicated mentoring relationships and amplified barriers for students from underrepresented groups, writes Edgar F. Lopez.
How Peer-to-Peer Learning Can Improve Your Teaching
When carefully planned, it creates learning partnerships, promotes collegiality and develops a sense of mutual accountability among the students, Leslie Barnes and Gemma King write.
3 Myths About the Nonfaculty Job Search
Misconceptions and oversimplifications still abound among Ph.D. students, and Victoria Bolf writes to set the record straight about three of them.
Using Your Research Skills for Career Exploration
Like any other research project, career exploration requires information gathering and assessment, can have unexpected discoveries, and is a long-term process, writes Tina Solvik.
Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides
Reflecting on her experiences with structural racism, Terri E. Givens highlights for college leaders, trustees and others the importance of practicing radical empathy.
Finding Success After 164 Job Applications
David Ding offers firsthand advice to all new professionals who are looking for jobs during the pandemic or who will begin their searches soon.
Making Teamwork Work
As instructors, we shouldn’t assume students know how to work in teams, argues Steve Reifenberg, who offers some suggestions for how to help them do it better.