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An Open Letter to Graduate Students of English and Foreign Languages
It's time to consider jobs at community colleges, which differ in many ways from research universities, but have much to offer an aspiring academic, writes Sean P. Murphy.
Long Distance Mom: Job Hunting? Considering a Commute?
Well, it is interviewing time and, for many of us, it means that we have moved beyond the phone interview...
When Professors Vanish
This is one of the parts of the job for which you're never really trained. Every so often, usually around...
Ask the Administrator: Union Work as CV Stain?
A slightly nervous correspondent writes: I'm a grad student in a humanities discipline at a public university, and I'm set...
ABCs and PhDs: Tipping Point
The first days of a new year always fill me with a numbing sense of dread that is deeply rooted...
This Year's Model
Just before heading to San Francisco for the annual convention of the Modern Language Association, I had a brilliant idea...
When it's better neither to give nor to receive
As a change agent with an audience consisting largely of young adults, I understand the value of tchotchkes. You know...