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In Praise of Folly

We should help students in our literature classes to transcend the too-common notion that “the film was funny but the book was not,” writes Douglas King.

The Feminization of the Department Chair

The growing numbers of women in the position confront a job with mushrooming demands and stresses yet relatively little institutional support, writes Nazli Kibria.

In 2023, Expand Your List of Dreams

A career is only part of life, writes Victoria McGovern. When you look back someday, what else would you want to see that you have done?

Red Flags, Green Signals and the White Gaze

Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt offers advice about how underrepresented faculty members can best navigate campus visits at predominantly white institutions.

Thriving in Your First Year as an Academic

Marcelle Dougan offers five tips that she has learned along the way to help you flourish in the beginning of your academic career and beyond.

Friend or Foe?

To determine what materials to allow students to bring to exams, Nancy S. Schorschinsky conducted her own experiments and discovered some insightful results.

It’s Time for a Professionalized Research University

The universities that respond quickly to this new paradigm will be the ones that survive, say Gillian R. Hayes.

A Question of Values

Lauren Easterling explores why what we value matters when it comes to the goals we set, the plans we make and the career journeys we take.