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Creating a Culture of Cronyism
A lucrative form of patronage appears to be emerging at Michigan State in the wake of the Nassar scandal, write James Finkelstein and Judith Wilde.
How Graduate Advisers Can Bolster Their Career Guidance
James M. Van Wyck offers some specific advice on how they can help their Ph.D. mentees.
The Precision of Simon Winchester's 'The Perfectionists'
A wonderful book about the history of technological progress.
Summer Professional Development
Spending a little time putting your documents together this summer could save you time and trouble later on.
Impostor Syndrome
Welcoming talented people as equals.
Friday Fragments: Kudos and Kids
Aid packages, non-faculty jobs, child care and more.
Anchoring an Argument
Scott McLemee considers Leo R. Chavez's Anchor Babies and The Challenge of Birthright Citizenship, which makes clear how little has been added to the stock of anti-immigrant rhetoric over the past century.