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]]> Defying stereotypes of academic careers and West Point cadets https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/212 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:52:14 +0000 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/212 Elizabeth Samet holds an undergraduate degree from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Yale, all in English literature. So she’s hardly the type you’d expect to find teaching cadets at West Point. But Samet accepted a position there in 1996, to the surprise (and, I suspect, consternation) of her academic colleagues. She found surprising rewards and […]

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]]> Can blogging help or hurt your career? https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/archives/182 Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:24:29 +0000 https://midlifecareerstrategy.com/?p=182 In the Chronicle of Higher Education, a newspaper targeted to anyone even remotely connected to academia, Brandon Withrow ponders this question in an article “Not Your Father’s PhD.” You can read it here. I would agree with those who say you’ll be better equipped to work with today’s students if you understand modern techo-tools. One […]

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