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Friday, July 4, 2008
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| News & Advice
Catalyst
Are a moderately heavy teaching load and an active research program mutually
exclusive?
First Person
Recent job postings and hires suggest that many academic libraries are
losing interest in hiring humanities Ph.D.'s.
First Person
An associate professor ponders the cause and effect of academic infighting.
An Academic in America
An English professor immerses himself in an emerging field that has already
begun to redefine academic work.
Balancing Act
With four courses to teach, two conference panels to run, and a visiting poet to entertain, something had to give.
First Person
A Ph.D. in economics makes the transition from graduate student to potential
colleague.
First Person
Graduate students often have no idea how to communicate with their advisers.
Ms. Mentor
Without routine friendly interaction, many an academic turns to brooding, fuming, and toting up injustices.
The Two-Year Track
Are you qualified to teach at a community college? Time to check your
graduate-school transcript.
P&T Confidential
Whether you are comfortable with the label or not, you are the 'boss,' and you must act like one.
Beyond the Ivory Tower
Working for a law firm, an English Ph.D. spends his days teaching writing
but actually getting paid well for it.
Page Proof
To those of you with other people's manuscripts sitting on your desk, get to
them soon or give them back.
First Person
Among other things, a Facebook profile means you get to see how your students react when you hand out their grades.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CV's of three faculty-job candidates and an administrator seeking to move up.
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Outside Employment 2 Former Administrators Accused of Embezzlement Read a special report on how colleges are working to diversify their faculties and staffs. ForumsNew Topics
The Next Generation of Helicopter Parents
Will the parents of tomorrow's undergraduates be even more overly attentive than they are now?
Is This All There Is?
An assistant professor who worked hard for years to get a tenure-track job is now wondering why.
Getting Started
How did you snag your first adjunct teaching job?
The Job Search and Religious Faith
Ph.D.'s discuss how to reconcile their religious beliefs with the difficulties of the job search.
Dissertators' support thread
Need help overcoming procrastination? Join a virtual support group for dissertation writers.
2008 tenure-track newbies
Starting assistant professors recount their joys and frustrations on the job.
The two-body problem
Talk about the challenges of being a dual-career couple in our new forum. Available Forums
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