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Two Futures for Football

January 30, 2013
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Two Futures for Football

The new findings on player concussions have caused an onslaught of negative media attention for the NFL, and may soon bring the sport of professional football to a crucial crossroads.
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Dear Search Committees,

August 7, 2012
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Dear Search Committees,

It’s almost job season again, which means that it’s almost advice season again. Though grad students and job seekers are inundated with advice, search committees need advice too.
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A Step Toward Fixing Peer Reviews: Sign Them

September 27, 2011
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A Step Toward Fixing Peer Reviews: Sign Them

There are many proposals to transform institutions of peer review, and perhaps in time some will come to fruition. But there is a simple step that every concerned reviewer could take, right now, to make the process better, fairer, more useful and more human.
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