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Joshua Doležal

Joshua Doležal is a book coach and author of a Substack newsletter, The Recovering Academic. He is a professor emeritus of English at Central College in Iowa and transitioned to entrepreneurship in 2022 after 16 years of faculty leadership.

Stories by This Author

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Advice
Where Ph.D. Programs Fail, Career Coaches Step In
By Joshua Doležal January 17, 2025
If you don’t know how to advise your doctoral students on industry career options, why not partner with experts who can?
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The Review | Opinion
Against Higher Ed’s Happy Talk
By Joshua Doležal May 16, 2023
We need realism, not bombast and bromides.
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The Review | Essay
The Librarians Are Not OK
By Joshua Doležal March 23, 2023
A years-long attack on their status is bad for all of us.
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The Review | Reporting
Younger Faculty Are Leaning Out. Is That a Bad Thing?
By Joshua Doležal January 4, 2023
The debate over work boundaries rolls through higher ed.
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The Review | Reporting
Why Faculty of Color Are Leaving Academe
By Joshua Doležal September 20, 2022
Too many find themselves disenfranchised, exhausted, and isolated.
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The Review | Opinion
Reclaiming Academe’s Idealism
By Joshua Doležal August 1, 2022
Lessons from Václav Havel for a profession in decline.
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The Review | Essay
Even Tenure-Line Professors Are Quitting
By Joshua Doležal May 27, 2022
The Great Resignation comes for academe.