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Oct 23, 2021

What is a “fully funded” doctoral program?

I hear people use the term “fully funded” in relation to doctoral programs. As in, “I was accepted into a PhD program with full funding!” What this means in practice, though, varies widely. It could mean as little as having one’s tuition covered by the program or it could mean…

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What is a “fully funded” doctoral program?
What is a “fully funded” doctoral program?

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Oct 23, 2021

13 things I wish someone had told me when I was an early career scholar

I’m in my 21st year as a professor at a research-intensive public university in the U.S. Despite the fact that I have decades of experience inside academia, knowledge about “how things work” did not come easy. …

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13 things I wish someone had told me when I was an early career scholar
13 things I wish someone had told me when I was an early career scholar

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Dec 27, 2020

Can We Reverse the Adjunctification Trend?

In the U.S. higher education arena, we have now reached a point where over half of faculty appointments are part-time, and 70% are contingent (i.e., on a non-tenure track), compared to under 50% four decades ago. This is alarming. This is unacceptable. …

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Can We Reverse the Adjunctification Trend?
Can We Reverse the Adjunctification Trend?

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Dec 27, 2020

Is Administrative Burden Killing the Art of Teaching?

In January 2000, I taught my first course as a university faculty member. This was a milestone for me, and I spent weeks crafting my syllabus, reviewing the literature to create my course reader, and designing class exercises that would, I hoped, engender critical thinking and authentic student learning. …

Academia

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Is Administrative Burden Killing the Art of Teaching?
Is Administrative Burden Killing the Art of Teaching?
Academia

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Dec 27, 2020

On Academic Bullying

“WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?” he yelled at me over the phone. I was standing in an airport with a luggage bag weighing down my shoulder, as indecipherable loudspeaker announcements repeatedly jostled with the drone of bustling travelers swarming through the terminal. The man on the other…

Academia

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On Academic Bullying
On Academic Bullying
Academia

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Dec 27, 2020

Revisiting the Lost Opportunity

I remember the first time I submitted a research paper to a peer-reviewed journal. It was in 1998, at the tail end of my doctoral studies at the University of Chicago. I had worked over the past four years to conduct and analyze a survey of parents (primarily women) who…

Academia

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Revisiting the Lost Opportunity
Revisiting the Lost Opportunity
Academia

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Jul 15, 2020

Metricize Me!

Academia is in the middle of a quantification revolution. If you are a professor, academic researcher, or doctoral student, you have, by now, undoubtedly encountered any number of web platforms that offer scores or stats or metrics to inform you of your worth. For instance, on one research platform, I…

Higher Education

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Metricize Me!
Metricize Me!
Higher Education

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Kristen Slack

Kristen Slack

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Academic Entrepreneur, Higher Ed Innovator, Founder of Prof2Prof (and Professor by day). Follow me at www.Twitter.com/Kristen_Slack

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