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How to Earn Tenure
Jacob L. Vigdor explains how to devise a research agenda and to get the right people aware of your work.
Life on the #GraftonLine
Matthew Pratt Guterl analyzes a Twitter hashtag for what it says about academic mentoring, the role of senior and junior scholars, technology and the quest to write.
Change the Tenure System
It's time to admit the biases in current promotion systems, and to work to prevent them, writes KerryAnn O’Meara.
Pride, Prejudice, Prestige
What matters when you pick a graduate program may not matter when evaluating job offers, writes Heather Dubrow.
Academic Roadkill
Martin H. Krieger wants to help you avoid an unhappy -- but possible -- fate.
Tenure Candidates and Used Cars
Martin H. Krieger explains why deans trying to "sell" a tenure candidate to a president may be trusted as much as someone on a car lot.
The Poet Applies for a Tenure-Track Position
D. Gilson appeals to the search committee.
One-Sentence Mentoring
Advice can be pithy. Kevin Brown offers guidance for new faculty members trying to make their way in higher education.