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Creating a Research Agenda
Graduate students need to make strategic decisions about courses, professors and opportunities, write Justin Reedy and Madhavi Murty.
Gay in the Academy
Finding a faculty job as a gay person, writes one who has done so, means asking the right questions, recognizing red flags, accepting that locations may not be ideal, and expecting the bizarre.
How to Get Adjunct Work: Pay Attention
If you want to land a good position, you need to do some investigating, writes Gregory Zobel.
How Candidates Can Stand Out (in a Good Way)
Susan Resneck Pierce recounts how people can lose shots at presidencies and other positions, and how to avoid those pitfalls.
Take a Walk on the Wired Side
Want to teach online? Rob Weir provides warnings and tips.
Stalked by a Chair
C.K. Gunsalus offers advice to a professor facing a hostile supervisor.
Just Say Dough
The first best step toward a job is avoiding debt, writes Teresa Mangum.
What You'll Be Asked
In my first essay, I discussed general guidelines for preparing for interviews for faculty jobs at community colleges. Now I...