Posted on July 31st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
I would like to let participants from “30 Articles in Just 30 Days” know about these wonderful tips from Gina Hiatt, Ph.D. (www.academicladder.com) and she has graciously agreed to let me share them on the blog: 8 Ways to Simplify Overly-Complex Writing & Thinking by Gina Hiatt, Ph.D. “Learning builds daily accumulation, but the practice [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Toxic academic work environments are defined by many attributes including the following: The length of time it’s been continuing Length of time The first attribute to consider is ‘length of time’ that the unpleasantness has been going on. When you experience a day where it just seems like everybody is just biting each other’s heads [...]
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Posted on April 4th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Thanks to Gina Hiatt of The Academic Ladder for letting me include these tips: I don’t know about you, but most academics find that they are simply exhausted at this time of year. It’s not just near the end of the semester, but the end of a long academic year. All you want to do [...]
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Posted on March 21st, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Ten Ways to Grow a Backbone (by Gina Hiatt of The Academic Ladder; shared with permission) “Oh, good,” I said to myself, “Here are some of the books I ordered. I hope these are the ones about dealing with back pain.” The first book on the pile in the box was How to Grow a [...]
Tags: assertiveness, backbone, Gina Hiatt, graduate students, higher education, Meggin McIntosh, Professors, Susan Marshall, toxic
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Posted on March 6th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
This came from Gina Hiatt today and I wanted to post for the rest of you: Here’s a reminder for you that tonight is the deadline to be entered into the raffle for a free 4-week session in the Academic Writing Club. To be entered in the raffle you simply need to register for the [...]
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Posted on February 18th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Gina Hiatt, founder of The Academic Ladder, graciously agreed to let me share this article with you (and you can subscribe to her newsletter, as well as access a multitude of ideas and programs by going to her main site: http://academicladder.com It is rich with resources. Thanks, Gina!! ————— Toxic Environments – 7 Steps to [...]
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