A singular person looking over a railing at a large bookshelf filled with books.
A New Era for the Humanities
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Stephanie Kirk, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, is helping humanities Ph.D. students prepare for careers beyond the declining tenure-track market. In response to shifts in academia since 2008, she promotes programs that highlight students’ transferable skills in research, writing, collaboration, and leadership. Supported by grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center offers workshops, community partnerships, and internships with St. Louis organizations. 

The Oppression of Peer Review
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Another autumn and a whole stack of promotion and tenure files to look at. The phrase “gold standard,” attached to peer-reviewed articles, always strikes me. In the ladder of the evaluation process, the peer-reviewed article stands proudly and invincibly at the top. The more of these you have, the more unassailable your dossier.
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