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Professors, Stop Telling Your Students Not to Get Ph.D.s

You may inadvertently discourage students from marginalized backgrounds, for whom it may be the perfect path—and who most need your help simply to navigate the process, argues Karly Ball.

About to Take a Job You Don’t Really Like?

Irina Filonova advises what you should do instead—before too much damage is done.

The Future of Faculty Development Is Feminist

Colleges must mend the gap between conventional views about what faculty need for support and what faculty actually want, writes Niya Bond.

What the Debate Over Civility Is Really About

As academic leaders struggle to balance demands for civility with those for free speech, Nicholas C. Burbules, C. K. Gunsalus, Brian C. Martinson and BrandE Faupell highlight three underexplored aspects.

What Are We Saying When We Thank Students for Sharing?

Students often repeat this handy phrase of praise, but we are not doing them any favors by using it in class—and we’re certainly not helping prepare them for what comes next, writes Rachel Toor.

Searching for Success

Herman Berliner shares lessons for how you can avoid mistakes when searching for people to serve in top-level positions like president, provost, vice president or dean.

Toxic Paternalism and Ph.D. Programs

Many graduate students live in fear of the consequences of disappointing their overcontrolling advisers, but little is discussed or done about the issue, writes Elizabeth Stice.

Loving Your Field Enough to Set Limits

As institutional needs have increased and grown in complexity, our time as higher ed professionals has become less and less our own, write Wilmarie Rodriguez and Amy Carpenter.