24 février 2018

The Constant Failure of Departmental / Unit Website Redesign Projects

By Joshua Kim. Why you should never get involved in a website redesign project if you can help it. More...

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Purchased Twitter Followers and Alt-Acs

By Joshua Kim. Why a NYTimes story 'The Follower Factory' made me think about social media incentives for alternative academics. More...

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Anatomy of an Assignment Sheet

By addressing the style and content of your assignment sheets, you can help students write better papers. More...

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Where to Begin With Building a Website

I’ve heard quite a bit of debate lately about whether or not graduate students need to build their own websites. Some have argued that it’s become an essential part of “branding yourself” while others argue that it represents a serious investment of time and resources that would be better spent getting another publication line on your C.V. More...

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Writing and its Hurdles: Encountering Writing as a Multilingual Graduate Student

How to navigate unclear expectations when writing as an international and/or multilingual graduate student. More...

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Combating Isolation Through Peer Writing Groups

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-12%20at%2012.29.48%20PM.png?itok=ITDqfJNPThe case for engaging with others to boost scholarly productivity.
Publish or perish. Sink or swim. Do or die. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 23:38 - - Permalien [#]

Disabled in Grad School: Mentoring

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-12%20at%2012.29.48%20PM.png?itok=ITDqfJNPThis post is part of a (somewhat loose) series about being disabled at university, with a focus on graduate school: problems we encounter, how we deal with them, and what you can do that will make things easier for fellow graduate students with disabilities. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 23:36 - - Permalien [#]

The Helpful Host: A Guide to Recruitment

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-12%20at%2012.29.48%20PM.png?itok=ITDqfJNPSome things to keep in mind when you help present your grad program to prospective students. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 23:34 - - Permalien [#]

Coffee, Coffee, Coffee

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-12%20at%2012.29.48%20PM.png?itok=ITDqfJNPCoffee, tea, java, brew, brain juice, liquid heaven. Caffeine is what makes the world of academia work and the thing guaranteed to bring even the most reclusive grad student to an early morning seminar. Yet somehow I've completely missed the caffeine train. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 23:16 - - Permalien [#]

Collaboration on the Academic Job Market

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/Screen%20Shot%202011-12-12%20at%2012.29.48%20PM.png?itok=ITDqfJNPWhen I say job market, you most likely feel a pang of dread somewhere deep in your body. Maybe you want to look away because you don’t want to acknowledge the train wreck in your future, or maybe it’s because you’re deep in the process yourself and don’t want to read/hear another word about it. More...

Posté par pcassuto à 23:14 - - Permalien [#]