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Ask the Administrator: The Book or the Grant?
A new correspondent in a humanistic discipline writes: I'm now three semesters into a permanent position at a lower-mid-range research...
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Math Geek Mom: How to Li[v]e with Statistics
There is a commercial for some over the counter medicine that talks about “Dr. Mom.” Already being “Dr. Mom”, in...
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Conservation or efficiency?
I was in the dentist's office, waiting to get my teeth cleaned. The remarkable thing about this situation was that...
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Budget Crises, Academic Change: A Fable
Our fable begins with the recognition that everyone is in favor of change, that magic word for all of higher...
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Long Distance Mom: Job Hunting? Considering a Commute?
Well, it is interviewing time and, for many of us, it means that we have moved beyond the phone interview...
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When Professors Vanish
This is one of the parts of the job for which you're never really trained. Every so often, usually around...
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Ask the Administrator: Union Work as CV Stain?
A slightly nervous correspondent writes: I'm a grad student in a humanities discipline at a public university, and I'm set...
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ABCs and PhDs: Tipping Point
The first days of a new year always fill me with a numbing sense of dread that is deeply rooted...