Academe Today Tuesday, November 20, 2018 Sign up for this newsletter | Students in Need By Julia Schmalz Five students describe their struggles with food and housing insecurity and what colleges can do to help. |
Todayâs News Big Gift By Chris Quintana Higher-education experts weigh the pros and cons of the philanthropist’s gift. | Faculty By Alexander C. Kafka A new study analyzes the “underresearched and highly criticized” genre of common reading programs. |
People By Julia Piper The new coaches need to be sensitive to students’ academic progress, and know how to foster teamwork and draw in fans and donors. |
The Chronicle Interview By Scott Carlson Employers, crying of a skills gap, are using college degrees as a sorting mechanism, says the author of a new book about the unforgiving labor market. |
Advice By Theresa MacPhail and Fernanda Zamudio-Suaréz If you’re in a writing rut, look no further. It’s time for some tough-love advice for motivation. Watch this video to learn how to best use your dedicated writing time. |
Short videos to help you excel in the academic workplace. |
A Feature for Chronicle Readers The Daily Briefing tells individual subscribers everything they need to know about higher ed. Here’s a sample. |
Views Commentary By Justin Dillon Accusers would have more options than committing to a full-fledged investigation or doing nothing. | Advice By David D. Perlmutter Whether you are a chair, a dean, or a provost, you will spend a lot of time repeating yourself. |
Lingua Franca The word can weaken the adjective it precedes, says Ben Yagoda, but sometimes, as in When We Were Very Young, you need it. And then thereâs the very-user-in-chief. |
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Job Opportunities Recruitment of Research Professors/ Post-Doctoral Fellows/ Engineers in Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China Faculty Positions in Mechanical and Energy Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors - Geophysics, Geodesy, Space Physics, Planetary Sciences, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China Senior Curriculum Development Consultant Position at SUSTech Medical School, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China Professor (open rank) in AI/KM, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Maryland, United States Professor (open rank) in Human Centered Computing, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Maryland, United States Junior and Senior Faculty Positions at the Department of Biology, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China Dean, Duquesne University School of Law, Duquesne University Pennsylvania, United States Dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan Michigan, United States Dean of the Tickle College of Engineering, University of Tennessee Knoxville Tennessee, United States Tenure Track Positions in Fashion Merchandising and Literacy Studies, Western Michigan University Michigan, United States Tenure-Track Professorships in Quantum Information Science, Purdue University Indiana, United States Provost, Eastern Connecticut State University Connecticut, United States Faculty Positions Available in the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) China
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