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Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Why Grad Schools Should Make the Case for Public Scholarship

Deborah J. Cohan offers seven reasons why grad schools should help students cultivate the ability to write for a larger audience.

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Opinion
Career Advice Seeking a Faculty Job

Making Employment Agreements for Success

It’s more important than ever that faculty members be thoughtful about and understand the functions and limits of academic contracts, writes Peter F. Lake.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

Supporting Biomedical Trainees Through Alumni Mentorship

Delaney Dann and Lee Tacliad describe a program that offers students and postdocs an objective source of guidance and knowledge to help shape their career paths.

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Career Advice Teaching

The Pros and Cons of Ceding Control

Something’s to be said for students seeing a professor step out from behind the lectern and face uncertainty with a sense of calmness and confidence, writes Mike Land.

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Career Advice Teaching

Overcoming the Digital Divide With No Digital

Carrie Rogers-Whitehead shares the challenges faculty members can encounter teaching classes in prisons that have few, if any, basic technological tools.

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Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Making the Most of Individual Development Plans

They can be used for promoting communication, collaboration and growth within research groups, write Jacob J. Ryder, C. K. Gunsalus, Elizabeth A. Luckman, Jacob A. Brown, Nicholas C. Burbules and Julia Briskin.

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Career Advice Advancing as an Administrator

Rebooting the Presidency

If we help our campus leader have a more balanced role, it will lead to meaningful gains in presidential effectiveness, satisfaction and longevity, writes Ryan Hays.

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Career Advice Carpe Careers

The Hidden Career Superpower

Building genuine relationships through networking can differentiate between those who thrive and those who get lost in the shuffle, writes Laura Kuizin.