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Write a Book, No Matter What
As an early academic, it will not only help you create a scholarly identity and enrich your teaching, but it will also allow you to shape the career you want, writes En Li.
Navigating the Postdoc Office
Victoria Hallinan and Karena Nguyen describe how working in one can offer a fruitful career path and some of the specific roles and responsibilities involved.
In Praise of Ditching the Summer To-Do List
Melissa Nicolas describes how giving up her guilt about not checking things off such a list has helped her actually have a very productive summer.
Leading Through the Hard
A college presidency is often exceptionally difficult, but it can be a dream job if it aligns with your purpose and vocation, writes Mary Dana Hinton.
A Better Approach to Searches for Successful College Presidents
David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler encourage colleges to think beyond the model they often use, highlighting some problematic assumptions and practices.
3 Ways to Improve Your Summer Writing Practice
Erin Marie Furtak has found that asking herself three questions has helped her transition not just out of the academic year but also back into the fall term.
Grad Students Must Focus on the 6 P’s
By focusing on purpose, priorities, purse, positioning, politics and people, you can develop a strategic approach to your work, advises Dinuka Gunaratne.
Grandiloquent and Sesquipedalian or Pompous and Pretentious?
Paul T. Henley explores some of the terms and phrases that are too often co-opted, misused or mangled in academic language.