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Interviewing Gay Candidates
Karen M. Whitney and Jon Derek Croteau offer guideposts for interacting with candidates and finding the best talent for key academic positions.
Encouraging Department Chairs
Leaders of academic departments are underutilized in fostering change and progress in higher education, writes Marian Stoltz-Loike.
A Dozen Sentences
Philip N. Howard identifies the lines that are needed in every cover letter by a graduate student or new Ph.D. seeking an academic job.
Alt-Ac Challenges
Brenda Bethman reviews some of the adjustments one makes in leaving the faculty career path.
Adjunct Pay and Anger
Two adjuncts discuss their working lives -- and the ways they respond to the injustices they face.
9 to 5
It's possible to be a successful academic without working more than 40 hours a week, writes Trish Roberts-Miller.
Don't Ride the Bandwagon
Just because a teaching idea is hot doesn't mean you need to embrace it, writes Rob Weir.