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March 25, 2021
The Quick Tip: Too Much Reading Keeping You From Writing?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by secondary sources, here’s a practical path through the morass. -
March 23, 2021
The Quick Tip: Are You Talking Too Much in Video Interviews?
The proliferation of Zoom meetings and conversations seems to be having an amplifying impact on academe’s prolix tendencies. -
March 18, 2021
The Quick Tip: Steps to Take After a Tough Evaluation
What to do when a performance review leaves you on shaky ground. -
March 16, 2021
The Quick Tip: How to Create an ‘Author Platform’
Having an author platform means you are seeking the right readers for your work and putting yourself forward as an authority. -
March 11, 2021
The Quick Tip: How to Manage Someone Else’s Mess
What’s the best way to respond when your dream job quickly turns into a nightmare? -
March 9, 2021
The Quick Tip: 3 Books to Focus Your Attention
It’s not just students who have trouble paying attention. Sometimes academics need help focusing on work, too. -
March 4, 2021
The Quick Tip: Common Grant-Writing Mistakes
It might not be the science that brought you a rejection but the nonscientific gaffes in your proposal. -
March 2, 2021
The Quick Tip: How to Manage People Amid Emotional Exhaustion
Being grateful to be employed does not mean people are OK. Someone can be both grateful and in a bad place. -
Feb. 25, 2021
The Quick Tip: Lost in the Weeds of Your Writing Project Again?
How to stay on track and avoid those “epiphanies” that tend to derail your writing progress. -
Feb. 23, 2021
The Quick Tip: How to ‘Manage Up’
To survive and thrive in academe, you must learn to negotiate relationships with a chair or dean.