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Standing Out From the Herd
Eliza Woolf offers advice on making your application more enticing to a search committee.
What's Holding You Back?
Now that we’re almost halfway into the fall semester, it’s an ideal time to stop and evaluate your progress. I...
Friends and Mentors - II
It's OK (and for many women it may be necessary) to say that you have enough friends, without your students, writes Heather Zwicker.
Friends and Mentors - I
Erin Wunker considers how much academics gain from close ties to senior scholars and to students.
Rules for Science Job Talks
Lynda F. Delph offers advice on a crucial test for job candidates.
The N-Word
The adjunct fired by Towson U. last week may have been clumsy and inexact in his language, but the university had no business firing him, writes Cary Nelson.
Time Out to Write
It’s crucial to save time for writing and tune out distractions, write Carmen Werder and Karen Hoelscher.
Am I Done Yet?
When should a graduate student go on the market? Fabio Rojas offers suggestions.