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Associate Professors and the ‘Second Book Problem’

The Chronicle of Higher Education

How a new writers institute aims to help faculty members complete book two and earn promotion. Stevens How a new writers institute aims to help faculty members complete book two and earn promotion. By Danielle A. Macdonald and Laura M.

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Writing Your Book for Minoritized Women Academics with Jane Jones, PhD

The Academic Designer

Book coach Jane Jones on anxieties and struggles when writing your book. Your book is meaningful and you want to see it out in the world. Authors, this interview is for you!

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Professor, Journalist to Pen Book on J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar Impact

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

McCool and award-winning journalist Earl Hopkins have announced a deal with publisher Rowman & Littlefield to pen a book about Kendrick Lamar and J. McCool plan to write a book about the impact of Kendrick Lamar and J. The forthcoming book, whose working title is How J. Kendrick Lamar and J.

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Should You Turn Your Dissertation Into a Book?

The Chronicle of Higher Education

What to consider if you plan to convert your doctoral thesis into your first published book. By Rebecca Colesworthy What to consider if you plan to convert your doctoral thesis into your first published book.

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Harvard will remove binding made of human skin from 1800s book

The Guardian - Higher Education

University says first owner of book by French novelist took the skin from a deceased female patient without consent Harvard University has said it will be removing the binding made of human skin from a 19th-century book held in its library because of the “ethically fraught nature” of how the unusual binding took place.

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Student housing ‘fake bookings’ trend causes headache for UK providers

The PIE News

Rogue accommodation agents and housing marketplaces in China are bulk-booking rooms in purpose-built student housing only to cancel them later, causing a headache for UK operators. According to Smith, operators started to see similar patterns of fake email addresses being created to place bookings.

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From Past to Present: New Book Explores the Importance of HBCUs

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But the book is not merely an exercise in nostalgia. Featured in the book are the voices of HBCU leaders who reflect on these challenges, as they work to foster an environment that supports student success. Gasman and Esters point out that the goal in writing the book was to “examine, in deep and meaningful ways, the power of HBCUs.”