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Newsletter Archive
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March 20, 2023Making Space for Neurodiversity on Campus
Ignore autism and other mental diagnoses, and you overlook a sizable slice of faculty and staff. -
March 13, 2023
How to Build a Better Meeting
So many meetings in higher ed are boring, unproductive, and contentious. It doesn’t have to be that way. -
March 6, 2023
How to Tell When It’s Time to Quit
What are the pros and cons of jumping from an institution that appears to be a sinking ship? -
Feb. 27, 2023
How to Conquer the Dreaded Blank Page
A few tricks for getting started at the very beginning of a new writing project. -
Feb. 21, 2023
Should Your Campus Grow More of Its Own Staff Members?
Higher education needs to rethink how it hires and rewards staff employees. -
Feb. 13, 2023
What Can You Learn About Your Own Writing From ChatGPT?
It’s not easy to write like a human when AI or the worn-in grooves of scholarly habits are right there at hand. -
Feb. 6, 2023
Online Versus In-Person Job Interviews
Do virtual interviews make the job market slightly less ghastly and far more equitable for everyone? -
Jan. 30, 2023
How Strong Lectures Can Spawn Strong Writing
Many of the moves that the best teachers make on the stage can translate to the page. -
Jan. 23, 2023
How to Control the Rhythm of a Class Discussion
Effective class discussions — much like effective lectures — are a result of careful planning. -
Jan. 17, 2023
How to Fix Work Culture for Staff
What Covid-era lessons should be applied to the campus workplace in the years ahead?
