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• November 16
  New York Times: Data released by PayScale shows that "at the top of the income scale -- jobs paying more than $100,000 -- the salary gap between equally qualified men and women is still vast."
• October 22
  AAUP: "A new report, The American College Teacher, released in 2009 by the Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), provides insights into areas of faculty work and satisfaction for men and women" at four-year colleges and universities nationwide.
• October 15
  The Chronicle of Higher Education: It's not easy, but "being a department chair can be a tremendously rewarding experience...when it comes to making a difference in people's lives every day, you really can't beat it."
• October 12
  Inside Higher Ed: Analysis of key effort to change doctoral programs offers insights into how graduate students can reduce the amount of time needed to achieve a degree, and helps grads land tenure-track jobs. It also challenges assumptions on gender and what happens to those who leave programs
• September 29
  Inside Higher Ed: "Colleges need to embrace specific positions and also to promote flexibility if they want to recruit and retain female faculty members."
• September 25
  The Chronicle of Higher Education: "Candidates looking at potential positions, especially for their first jobs, probably underestimate the value of a good campus climate." This article provides a short list of questions for candidates to consider when evaluating campus climate.
  
• July 29
  Inside Higher Ed: "Colleges that wish to help faculty or staff improve their professional skills and increase their effectiveness would do well to formalize mentoring arrangements so that legends, myths and misinformation are replaced by facts, information, and honesty, but, with or without such programs, individuals would do well to help themselves with prudent self-mentoring."
• July 10
  Chronicle of Higher Education: "If you want a career with an upward trajectory, think less about your personal ideals and more about their impact at tenure time. Hallmarks of an ideal position have little to do with weather, lifestyle, or socio-political milieu. They begin with a dean, chair, and professors recruiting you enthusiastically because your contributions will serve students or enhance a research program."
• May 26
  Inside Higher Ed: "Tenure in a Digital Age: MLA and humanities consortium start effort to be sure scholars up for promotion receive fair evaluations of electronic contributions -- and to give peer review a needed update."
• May 7
  Chronicle of Higher Education: "Figuring Out Flexibility: The fourth in a series of what assistant professors want and need to be successful in academe."
• April 27
  Inside Higher Ed: "'Standing Still' as Associate Profs: English and foreign language departments promote male associate professors to full professors on average at least a year" earlier than women according to a report by the Modern Language Association.
• March 10
  Inside Higher Ed: "At American Academy of Arts & Sciences event, speakers discuss "the humanities in a civil society."
• February 18
  Chronicle of Higher Education: "Presenting Your Tenure File: The best thing you can do for your tenure packet is make it as impressive in design as in content."
• January 7
  Inside Higher Education: "The State of the Humanities: "Indicators" are released to provide data on students, faculty and American life."
• December 28
  Inside Higher Education reports that "A new survey of faculty members in English and foreign languages will challenge some assumptions about how and why women and men are not promoted at the same levels or feel the same satisfaction in academe."
• October 22
  A posting to the online newsletter, Tomorrow's Professor, shares actions institutions can take to help "faculty to find the space and time necessary to grow professionally and support their institutional communities."
• October 13
  An Inside Higher Ed article, Redefining the Gender Gap, notes that "new research tries to shift discussion beyond enrollment rates to the actual experience of male and female students in college."
• October 2
  The Chronicle of Higher Education provided an article on a report by a British panel about dispute resolution in colleges and universities. The report, "Taking a Fresh Look at Disputes in Higher Education," provides "a 'toolkit' of step-by-step methods institutions can use to deal with conflicts."
• September 12
  The Chronicle of Higher Education published an article on academic bullying as well as an a list of blogs that discuss "how to resolve bullying, warnings to other scholars, and even primal cries for help."
• August 29
  The Chronicle of Higher Education shared a list of previous columns offering "tips about advancing your career in campus administration."
• July 17
  Robin Wilson of The Chronicle of Higher Education wrote that more colleges were offering professors the option to be part time, creating a more family-friendly atmosphere in the academic workplace. However, part time also has created some concerns as professors try to achieve tenure.