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"url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/07/18/advice-dealing-criticism-person-privilege-academe-opinion",
"title": "*** Advice for dealing with criticism as a person of privilege in academe (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed",
"content_text": "Constructive and destructive criticism, effective strategies, primarily in a university environment. | article communication",
"date_published": "2019-07-27T22:34:13Z",
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"url": "http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/13/scientific-publishing-rip-off-taxpayers-fund-research",
"title": "**** Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free | George Monbiot",
"content_text": "The need for open access to taxpayer funded research, Sci-Hub, the Public Library of Science, and Plan S.  Why activists like Alexandra Elbakyan and Aaron Swartz, along with advocates like Stevan Harnad, Björn Brembs, Peter Suber and Michael Eisen are heroes. | article Informative, reading",
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"url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/11/12/its-not-always-good-write-your-r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9-and-cover-letter-linear-chronology-opinion",
"title": "*** It's not always good to write your résumé and cover letter in a linear chronology (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed",
"content_text": "Target the opportunity. Put the most important and relevant things first. | article cv, jobs, communication",
"date_published": "2019-07-25T03:58:34Z",
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"url": "http://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/07/18/how-write-publishable-journal-article-opinion",
"title": "*** How to write a publishable journal article (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed",
"content_text": "Debunks some common myths and describes a few types of publishable articles. | article Informative, writing",
"date_published": "2019-07-24T02:21:56Z",
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"url": "https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2018/09/18/how-teach-students-time-management-skills-opinion",
"title": "**** How to teach students time-management skills (opinion) | Inside Higher Ed",
"content_text": "Tips for students to manage time and see more clearly what their time commitments actually are. | article life balance",
"date_published": "2018-09-18T19:08:30Z",
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"url": "https://andrewpegoda.com/2013/06/20/15-things-i-wish-i-knew-before-starting-graduate-school/",
"title": "**** 15 Things I Wish I Knew Before Starting Graduate School",
"content_text": "Some really good insight and advice for understanding grad school experience, how grad school is different than undergrad, and the need to understand yourself as a grad student as a developing expert. | article writing",
"date_published": "2018-03-01T12:47:08Z",
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"url": "http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/publish-and-prosper/201310/five-truths-about-graduate-school-nobody-tells-you",
"title": "**** Five Truths About Graduate School That Nobody Tells You",
"content_text": "Advice for psych doctoral students, particularly those more oriented toward being academics. | article communication",
"date_published": "2018-03-01T12:41:52Z",
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"url": "http://qz.com/872546/a-brown-professor-compiled-30-essential-tips-for-succeeding-in-graduate-school/",
"title": "*** 30 essential tips for succeeding in graduate school",
"content_text": ""Finally, write your own list. Don’t just copy this down. Edit it. Disagree with it. Improve it. Print it up. Put it on the fridge. Argue about it. The point of any such list isn’t to give you a pathway; it is to help you find your own." | movie communication, networking, writing",
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"url": "https://medium.com/@lportwoodstacer/how-to-email-your-professor-without-being-annoying-af-cf64ae0e4087#.j45nla2vw",
"title": "**** How to Email Your Professor (without being annoying AF)",
"content_text": "Basic advice for crafting effective emails to profs.  Emphasizes perspective taking and why do some things and NOT others.   See also:  https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2015/04/16/advice-students-so-they-dont-sound-silly-emails-essay | article communications, networking",
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"url": "http://www.criticalthinking.org/store/products/the-miniature-guide-to-critical-thinking-concepts-amp-tools-7th-edition/156",
"title": "***** The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking Concepts & Tools, 7th edition | Critical Thinking Richard Paul and Linda Elder",
"content_text": "provides direct streamlined models for how to critically examine literature to determine the central arguments, key concepts, and implications. | book reading, writing",
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"url": "http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social",
"title": "**** Attention, Students: Put Your Laptops Away",
"content_text": "Research showing that taking notes by hand encourages actually processing info and leads to increased learning and retention especially for conceptual learning | article writing, notes, coursework",
"date_published": "2016-08-21T15:13:23Z",
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"url": "https://miriamsweeney.net/2012/06/20/readforgradschool/",
"title": "**** How to Read for Grad School",
"content_text": "Strategies for reading in grad school, to get the gist quickly and prioritize the reading. | article reading",
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