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Career Advice Teaching

Staged Assignments & Long-Ass Prompts

After years of trying to convince students it was in their best interest to start their research papers early, Zachary Nowak simply required them to.

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3 Questions for Ph.D. Student Brittany Washington

A conversation with the author of a paper on contingent faculty.

The book cover for Tobias Becker’s "Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia" features a pastel-like cloudy sky blending into a sandy ocean beach.
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Good Old Nostalgia

Scott McLemee reviews Tobias Becker’s Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia.

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Career Advice

10 Survival Tips for New Professors

Benjamin Pacini offers advice that can help you make your life as an instructor a little easier and, more important, benefit your students.

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Unextreme Vetting

Judith Wilde and James Finkelstein are skeptical search firms will step up their diligence to root out research misconduct.

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Career Advice

On Authenticity and Leadership in Academe

Being true to ourselves is a barometer of well-being, but what if aspects of our true selves are counterproductive for us or our institution? Jacob A. Brown, C. K. Gunsalus, Nicholas C. Burbules and Thomas Byrne offer some answers.

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Academic Life Without a Smartphone

Jeffrey Herlihy-Mera doesn’t have a smartphone—and he thinks scholars should be asking a lot more questions about how the devices are affecting academic life.