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Writing
“Faculty on the Front Lines”
Erratic moods in class. Struggles to complete assignments. Essays that describe thoughts of self-harm or suicide: Students in the grip of mental distress often show signs of it in their academic work and classroom behavior. Faculty members, especially those who interact frequently with them, are well placed to pick up on warning signs. But professors often need help figuring out how to respond. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“New Leaders Bring Marketing Chops to University Presses”
The constriction of budgets, the decline of the monograph market, the arrival of digital publishing, the rise of open access: University presses have weathered many changes over the past decade. One recent shift hasn’t gotten much attention outside the scholarly publishing community: a major turnover in press leadership, as longtime directors retire and make way for a new set of leaders, many of them with increasingly valued experience in marketing. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education »
“College Jobs, Never Easy, Have Become Pressure Cookers”
Learning to live in a world of tighter budgets, swelling regulations, and ever more assessment and competition. Read More at The Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) »
