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Banned Books, Small Tasks and Hope for Civil Discourse

Nicole C. Livengood discusses her banned books class and offers suggestions for small tasks to help students in a range of courses develop the skills for engaging in civil discourse.

So You’re Considering Working Abroad?

Bruce Taylor offers lessons from an almost 40-year career as a university expat.

The Importance of Branding in Your Career

It defines who you are as a job seeker, what you are looking for, what you would like to achieve and, most important, what people associate with your name, writes Ketan Marballi.

Unprofessional and Fundamentally Corrupt

The practice of co-authored chapters in a dissertation is deeply troubling and seems to defeat the purpose of demonstrating the ability to do original research, argues James Finkelstein.

What Women Faculty Want in Allied Men

Meg A. Warren and Samit D. Bordoloi describe the actions exceptional male allies take—beyond just being decent and reasonable colleagues—that women find most valuable.

What This President Learned Teaching High School Students

Michael Roth writes about how he personally experienced the important things that can happen when you distribute opportunity more widely.

The Pandemic’s Silver Lining for Faculty

Administrators have used it as a catalyst for transforming their policies and procedures to honor the important roles both tenured and non-tenure-track faculty members play, writes Adrianna Kezar.

The Unsung Career Benefits of Graduate Teaching Assistantships

We need to emphasize or reconceptualize such assistantships as a source of skills that are transferable within and beyond academe, write Morris Grubbs and Ashley Sorrell.