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Careers Go in Chapters
The metaphor is particularly useful for doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars for many reasons -- some obvious and others less so, writes Chris M. Golde.
Academic Rigor and the Covington Catholic Story
The dangers of offering hot takes on current events for a community that prizes rigorous methodologies and judicious conclusions.
Ethical College Admissions: The Walking Dead(lines)
What does it mean when application deadlines keep getting moved back, asks Jim Jump.
When the Applicant Is the Son of an Academic
Terri Givens writes that watching her son go through the application process gives her new worries about those who don't have access to information and guidance on the process.
Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Stalking
Jeffrey J. Nolan and Marisa Randazzo describe how colleges and universities can use threat assessment teams to promote safety in such cases.
The Instructional Designer and the OPM Conversation
Listening to Dr. Matt Crosslin.
How to Best Navigate the Africana Studies Joint Position
N. Fadeke Castor and Bertin M. Louis Jr. describe how best to cope with the toll that holding an Africana studies joint position takes on your body, mind and spirit.
Approaching ‘Entropy’
Scott McLemee reviews Eric Johnson's Anxiety and the Equation: Understanding Boltzmann's Entropy.