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Creating a Research Agenda
Graduate students need to make strategic decisions about courses, professors and opportunities, write Justin Reedy and Madhavi Murty.
Widow X Waits for You
It’s easy to feel an exhilaration verging on hysteria at the start of a big research project; you don’t even...
Issues of scale
To attend a commencement last weekend, I had to travel overnight. Two related observations stick in my mind, although I...
The Real Scandal at Notre Dame
Religious vigilantism poses a danger to Catholic colleges, writes Patricia McGuire. Hearing from the president of the United States does not.
Speaking Like a Hedgehog, Hearing Like a Fox
If you haven't yet seen Tenured Radical's wonderful post on how to think like an administrator, check it out. Most...
Mothering at Mid-Career: May Term
Last year at this time I was beginning to see the end of my sabbatical. My colleagues had wrapped up...
Gay in the Academy
Finding a faculty job as a gay person, writes one who has done so, means asking the right questions, recognizing red flags, accepting that locations may not be ideal, and expecting the bizarre.
What We Want to Hear at Commencement
Whitney Eriksen offers a student's perspective on what speakers should (and shouldn't) say at graduation.