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AdviceEveryone Thinks They’re a Marketing Expert
An enrollment administrator inherits the marketing office and explores how to merge two very different professions. -
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How to Be Yourself on the Page
You may understand the power of first-person writing, but can you wield it gracefully? -
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Why Calls for a ‘Return to Rigor’ Are Wrong
What’s the point of pursuing “solutions” that exacerbate student disengagement, the very problem they are supposed to solve? -
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Admin 101: Moving Into Your New Office
How to be savvy in your logistical preparations as you take on a leadership post. -
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How to Become a Mobile-Mindful Teacher
Instead of giving in to frustration over cellphones in the fall, maybe it’s time to put them to good use in class. -
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Ask the Chair: ‘How Do You Get Professors to Respond in the Summer?’
A timely question this month as department heads eagerly anticipate the “summer break.” -
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Why Is There No Training on How to Teach Graduate Students?
When you follow the graduate-school money, it leads to faculty offices, not student needs. -
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Multitasking Is the Enemy of Academic Productivity
Faculty members pay a price for all that juggling of research, teaching, and service. -
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‘They Need Us to Be Well’
The surprising recipe for building students’ emotional well-being in the classroom? Rest and joy — for professors. -
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5 Lessons for Higher Ed’s Least Powerful Administrators
What department chairs can learn about leadership from Everything Everywhere All at Once.
