A weekly collection of interesting things I find around the Internet. Find something I didn’t? I’d love to hear about it the comments!
What people were talking about this week (and last week!)
Thomas H. Benton (aka William Pannapacker) makes a cogent argument for why students are less engaged than professors might wish – or expect.
The American Education Research Association is releasing a new study that says there’s a gender gap in pay even after we taken into account that more men have been working in academia longer, that men and women choose to work at different kinds of institutions, and that productivity differs.
Networking as an academic is critical – and it doesn’t have to be smarmy.
Academic salaries in 2010-11 didn’t keep up with inflation.
Some advice for the campus visit (hint: it all counts).
The Chronicle of Higher Ed put out its 2011 Salary Explorer.
A graduate career consultant suggests ways faculty can support graduate students considering (freely or because of necessity) non-academic jobs.
A new study shows that academia has burnout levels that equal those of other service sectors.
Dr. Crazy has 10 suggestions for avoiding (or overcoming) burnout in academia.
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