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Career Advice

Advice to a Friend on Becoming an Adjunct

Melissa Olson-Petrie pens an epistle for all those now or henceforth laboring in steerage.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Behold: The Administrative Postdoc

Administrative postdoc positions offer advantages for Ph.D.s looking to transition into a range of career paths, Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg write.

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Career Advice Seeking a Faculty Job

The Ivy Advantage

Adam Szetela asks why Ivy League Ph.D. students like him should have an advantage on the academic job market.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Chairs Can Be the Changemakers Colleges Need

Don Chu argues that department chairs should take a much more proactive role in confronting institutional budget challenges.

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Career Advice Teaching

3 Steps to Close the AI Confidence Gap

When professors clear the confidence hurdle, they can approach artificial intelligence use and implementation in the classroom thoughtfully and effectively, write Ellis Reeves and Angie Chase.

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Career Advice

Who’s Invisible in the Data?

Chad M. Topaz and Tyrone Bass suggest five steps researchers can take to make more inclusive choices when collecting and analyzing data.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Preparing Proactively for a Postdoc

These are some actions a Ph.D. student can take to pave the way for a positive postdoc experience, Chris Smith writes.

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Career Advice Teaching

Post-it Pedagogy

Kate Nesbit explains why the humble sticky note is a terrific low-tech teaching tool.