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Guide to Administrators
New faculty members learn quickly how to make fun of the administration, but they need to know what key people do, and how they may affect their careers, writes Nate Kreuter.
Be a Coach, Not a Guru
Kerry Ann Rockquemore explains the differences between the two.
Leadership, Prayers and Poetry
Bobby Fong offers a different kind of career advice for campus administrators, focused on their hearts and minds.
Adjunct Adjustments
When searching for new sections to teach at new colleges, it's important for contingent faculty to show they can customize a syllabus for a new institution, writes Luke Niebler.
A New Model of Mentoring
New faculty members are unlikely to find gurus, so it doesn't help them to focus on that classic (if rare) type of mentoring, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.
Building Your Network
Trenda Boyum-Breen offers advice on forging relationships that can help you do your current job or prepare for your next one.
Sharing Success in New Ways
For non-faculty careers, you need to describe accomplishments in different ways than you would when seeking a position as professor, write Brenda Bethman and C. Shaun Longstreet.
Start Strong
Kerry Ann Rockquemore writes about how senior professors can adopt the right mindset for mentoring, and can make their new colleagues feel welcome.