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On Belonging in the Academy
Stephen J. Aguilar reflects on what it means to be part of an academic community where you don't see your identity reflected in your peers.
Building Community for Part-Time Students
Officials at Boston’s Bunker Hill Community College are finding that students are more likely to re-enroll in learning communities that offer mentors and additional advising.
Taking Over a Troubled Unit?
Robert A. Easter, C. K. Gunsalus and Nicholas C. Burbules offer advice to increase the likelihood you'll leave things better than you found them -- as well as remain healthy and balanced yourself.
Connecting Public Scholarship and Professional Development
Joseph Stanhope Cialdella recommends four strategies for expanding how to think about such scholarship in ways that help build skills and knowledge that are relevant for diverse career paths.
A Former Adjunct Looks Back
How can tenured and tenure-track faculty members support adjuncts? Sarah Ellen Zarrow offers suggestions based on her experiences on both sides.
Change From the Ground Up
Ph.D. students need to develop more skills around teaching and working with data to assess student outcomes, argues Terri E. Givens.
Accurately Assessing Engaged Scholarship
If we want to change academe to better reward such scholarship, we must update the evaluation process, argues KerryAnn O’Meara.
Setting the Stage to Assess Student Engagement
Shannon Portillo explains why it's important to engage students in the evaluation of their course participation from the first day of class.