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Monday, October 1, 2018


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Faculty

Must Visiting Assistant Professorships Be Career Purgatory? premium

By Teghan Simonton

No, a tale of two scholars suggests. A constructive approach can benefit the scholar, the college, and students alike.

Social Media

Why Did These Scholars Suddenly Find Their Twitter Accounts Suspended?

By Chris Quintana

The social-networking service mysteriously reinstated them later the same day.

Teaching

‘This Is Much More Important’: How Professors Taught the Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing

By Andy Tsubasa Field

Some explained to students how the testimony related to what they were learning, while others threw away the lesson plan entirely.

Faculty Activists

Academics Who Back Boycott of Israel Practice Activism With Small, Weighty Gestures premium

By Steven Johnson

After a Michigan professor made headlines by refusing to write a letter of recommendation for a student going to Israel, other professors describe how they’ve supported the BDS movement in their academic roles.

Government

Education Dept. Moves to Give Controversial Accreditor of For-Profits Another Chance

By Eric Kelderman

Consumer advocacy groups denounced the recommendation to give the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools 12 months to meet two standards for federal recognition.


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Advice

How to Be a Generous Professor in Precarious Times

By Douglas Dowland and Annemarie Pérez

We must reject the idea that having tenure, or being in the tenure stream, carries with it the right to be cruel.

Special Reports

Diversity Fatigue Is Real

By Mariam B. Lam

It’s debilitating to be asked constantly to give free lessons in cultural competency, while negotiating resistance from other corners.

Special Reports

How I Built a Life for Myself at a White College premium

By Manya Whitaker

Had I known the cascading effects of taking a position in Colorado Springs, I probably would have declined the job offer.

Lingua Franca

‘Himpathy’ Is a Societal Illness. But at Least We Have a Word for It

Bill Germano examines the phenomenon of wanting to believe powerful white men.


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Job Opportunities


Department Chair | Marketing Communication, Emerson College
Massachusetts, United States

President, American University of Armenia
Armenia

Associate Professor/Professor in Global Health, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nevada, United States

Tenure-line Assistant Professor in Music Education, Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois, United States

Director of the School of Music, Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois, United States

President, Reed College
Oregon, United States

Director of Institutional Research, University of Toledo
Ohio, United States

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Washington State University
Washington, United States

Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor - Mathematics Education, San Francisco State University
California, United States

Tenure-Track Positions, University of Alabama
Alabama, United States

Tenure-track Faculty Openings, Marquette University
Wisconsin, United States

Multiple Tenure-track Faculty Positions in the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, Michigan Technological University
Michigan, United States

Open Rank Position in Social Work, Franciscan University of Steubenville
Ohio, United States

Information Networking Institute Teaching Faculty, Carnegie Mellon University
Pennsylvania, United States

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