Writing With My Boots on

How the first person to walk the length of the Appalachian Trail helped a graduate student finish his dissertation.

Surviving a Professional Slide

An administrator seeking to move up sees the game of Chutes and Ladders as an apt metaphor for career advancement in academe.

A Job's a Job

In a tough market, should a doctoral student turn down a tenure-track offer at a little-known university for a prestigious fellowship?

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Students are very accurate judges of the most important question we can ask them about their classroom experiences.

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