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The article provides comprehensive guidance for early-career academics on crafting effective curriculum vitae (CVs) for academic job applications, covering key aspects such as format, length, contact information, education, honors, awards, publications, experience, courses taught, and university service. It emphasizes the importance of tailoring the CV to different job types, maintaining simplicity in formatting, and providing clear and concise descriptions of accomplishments.

The article reports on the public-access policy of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the U.S. Advocates of the open-access proponents stated that the policy's failure to create free online access to the biochemical literature. However, such failure has created new momentum for the NIH working group to strengthen the policy. The initiative include making the NIH policy, which requires grantees to upload their manuscripts to an online repository no later than 12 months after publication, a mandatory requirement.

This article focuses on books and other publications related to the nuclear nonproliferation policy of the U.S. Recent books on the topic share the perspective that the nuclear nonproliferation regime is at risk and in need of major repair and reinforcement. In that, they concur with the administration of President George W. Bush about the need for a new approach in the nonproliferation policy. Graham Allison's timely, frightening, and accessible volume "Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe," states that the highest nonproliferation priority today is to prevent terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons or the material to manufacture them. A similar theme is sounded by Stephen M. Walt, of the Kennedy School, in his penetrating study "Taming American Power: The Global Response to U.S. Primacy." He asserts that in order for the United States to succeed in its legitimate efforts to restrict access to portions of the nuclear fuel cycle and intercept nuclear contraband on the high seas, Washington must alter its own nuclear-weapons policies.

This article focuses on a controversy related to the use of historical sources in books or other publications in the U.S. In the book, "The Collapse of the Weimar Republic: Political Economy and crisis," by David Abraham , the author says that German big business played a significant role in the rise of Nazism. But his critics argue that Abraham's claim is wrong and he deliberately tampered the documentary evidences.

The article reports on Orvium, a European start-up that offers a publishing and business plan based on blockchain, a coding structure that embeds origins and changes within a file. Topics discussed include the company's objective to be the leading publication platform for the research community while returning the benefits of science to society and skeptics expressing doubt that it will be faster or cheaper than other platforms.

The author reflects on his long term career in academe while looking at his father's doctoral dissertation from the year 1952. He considers that although his father is retired, he is still conducting research, publishing and involved in academic life. The author explains the short term view taken by most aspiring professors including having one's doctoral dissertation completed, getting published, aiming for the third-year review and finally tenure evaluation. He proposes taking the half-century view of a career which allows people to conceptualize their work as a solitary and group effort. Information is given for the author's "psychology of success."

Presents a letter to the editor commenting on the article "America: Lost in Translation," by Richard Pells, previously published in the October 14, 2005 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The article discusses the evolution of "Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups," by Ann Orlov in 1972 in the U.S. Orlov, an editor at Harvard University Press, happened to think of creating such publication upon meeting with Vangel Zissi, a dentist. Conversing with the dentist made her decide to publish a book about American ethnic groups. The book is considered in many ways a symbol that ethnicity is finally a central theme in American history.

The article narrates the author's opinion about the publication made by Alvin Toffler in the U.S. The author described Toffler as a phrase maker, where among his popular phrases were the words, "Brainstorm," and "Future Shock." Future shock was best explained as mankind's anxiety over the technological advancement all over the world and this was the first coined phrase that made him famous.

The article focuses on the institutions that have provided U.S. President Ronald Reagan with key advisers. President Reagan taps on the Center for Strategic and International Studies for ideas and manpower for his transition team. The publications, seminars, and research address a wide range of topics in applied policy analysis, arms control, international economics, and energy policy.

The article presents deadlines of education related activities in the U.S. The deadline of applications to attend the student-commissioner conference on financial-aid issues will be on November 27, 1978. Papers for possible publication in the journal of the New England Association of Academic Support Personnel will be accepted on November 30, 1978.

The article reports that Hershel Shanks, editor of the periodical "Biblical Archaeology Review," biblical scholars and historians accused the editorial team working on the publication of the "Dead Sea Scrolls," a major cache of ancient documents discovered in 1947 and after. Hundreds of documents, including thousands of fragments of texts, that were found in caves above the Dead Sea are included in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

The article reports on the raid conducted by dozens of armed police officers in search for illegal documents and publications in the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. According to Attie Laubscher, a police spokesman, pamphlets, documents, lots of videocassettes, and a revolver had been confiscated during the four-hour raid. The university, which consists mostly of colored students, have been in the forefront of antiapartheid protests.

The article presents deadlines for applications of fellowships and submissions of research papers for publication in the United States. The application deadline for an 11-month resident fellowships in the program for Ethics and the Professions is on December 3, 1987. Applications for grants in research projects in Canadian studies by group of scholars is on January , 1988.

The article reports on the increase in the number of campus magazines in the United States. These magazines include "Moving Up," for college men, "Campus Voice," a tribute to the people, places, traditions and achievements influencing college campuses and "College Woman". According to the article, the proliferation of general-interest national and regional magazines is due to the profitability of the college market.

The article reports on the changes made by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on its policy in reviewing research papers. The changes brought by CIA will require fewer scholars to submit manuscripts for prepublication review. Scholars accepted the changes but stressed that potential conflict between academic freedom and CIA-supported research should not be eliminated.

The article reports on the reversal of controversial decision made by a high-level panel to bar publication of some education-research materials by the Department of Education in the U.S. The action of Under Secretary of Education Gary L. Bauer will allow researchers at several federally sponsored education-research laboratories to publish materials that they had agreed to produce as part of their contracts with the agency.

This article reports that the French government is planning to set up a system of independent public evaluations of the major scientific research programs sponsored by it. Laurent Fabius, the Prime Minister of France, announced last week that scientific research projects would be subject to the same kind of evaluation that is planned for higher education. A new research bill will soon be introduced that will require the publication of various reports that will evaluate publicly financed scientific research. Fabius said that the government was trying to increase the number of jobs for scientists.

The article reports that some American education researchers suspected that the Publications and Audiovisual Advisory Council has been responsible for delaying the approval of their research publications in the U.S. Some of them perceived that the Education Department has censored their materials because they did not conform with the conservative politics of President Ronald Reagan's administration. While others also conceived that red tape has caused such delay.

The article covers various issues as of September 1983. The unidentified substance found in the cartilaginous skeletons of sharks seemed to restrain the growth of tumor in mammals, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A report by two researchers from Illinois suggests that the manner in which best friends of the same gender converse demonstrates the quality of their friendship. The "Westminster Institute Review" has suspended its publication due to lack of budget.

The article discusses how submission of students' creative work to a digital repository is harmful. It notes that free accessibility jeopardizes future publications and cites a 2013 study by East Carolina University which found that majority of publishers considered thesis work submitted to digital repositories as prior publication. It notes the position of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs that graduate students in creative writing need to protect copyright potential of their work.

The article presents information on controversies surrounding the journal "Nature." Encyclopedia Britannica has claimed that the journal as a reference tool is only slightly more reliable than the upstart, free online encyclopedia called Wikipedia. The issue started when "Nature" published a news story which was supposed to access the accuracy of "Encyclopedia Britannica" and Wikipedia. In response, Britannica's first step was to persuade the journal to retract the article. When that did not happen, Britannica charged that "Nature" did not check the accuracy of the reviews.

The article discusses various articles published in various journals. In the February issue of "Prospect," the state of African colleges have been discussed. International aid that 10 years ago was going toward higher education is now going toward poverty relief and primary education. In the February issue of "The Scientist," an article discusses how it has become harder than ever for researchers to get their work published in top-tier, peer-reviewed journals. In "Plagiary," a new journal on plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification, recent and historical trends related to plagiarism are discussed.

This article reports that the U.S. Copyright Office has proposed a solution to the vexing problem of orphan works or older materials that people are reluctant to republish because they cannot track down the copyright owners. The copyright office said that its recommendation could be accomplished by amending the infringement and remedies section of the Copyright Act. The copyright office also recommended that would-be publishers of orphan works must first conduct a reasonably diligent search to locate the owners of the works.

The article presents a discussion on the problems of part-time college teachers in getting full-time opportunities at colleges and universities. It also includes issues concerning job search in higher education. Big universities rely upon hundreds of subordinates for nearly all departments. The article views that it is very rare for adjuncts to move up. More often, they adjunct until they get disgusted and leave academe, or until they get tenure-track jobs somewhere else. If someone wants to get out of adjunct-hood, he needs considerable number of publications in his field of specialization.

This article reports that the umbrella organization of Great Britain's public research institutions issued a draft policy last week strongly endorsing free and prompt public access to research they have sponsored. The proposal calls for publications that result from work financed by Britain's research councils after October 1 to be put in an open-access repository at the earliest opportunity, wherever possible at or around the time of publication, in accordance with copyright and licensing arrangements. The draft was published by Research Councils UK, a partnership of Britain's eight government-financed research councils. The councils represent scientists as well as researchers in engineering, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences.

Focuses on the topics discussed concerning obesity, social change, second language, gene therapy and sports in several online publications of "The Chronicle of Higher Education." Economic causes of obesity in the summer 2004 issue of "The Public Interest"; Benefits of studying a second language in the summer 2004 issue of "Arts and Humanities in Higher Education"; Gene therapies and sports in the July 2004 issue of "Scientific American."

Features two publications concerning anthropometric studies and public health sanitation systems. "Social Science History"; "Water, Race and Disease," by Werner Troesken.

The article offers news briefs on several publications in the U.S. The University of Nebraska Press has announced plans to reprint "Guerilla Warfare," a handbook for revolutionaries and a bible of the student radicals of the 1960's written by Che Guevara. A series of 10 books on the history and culture of Oklahoma is to be published by the University of Oklahoma Press in celebration of the state's seventy-fifth anniversary. Bimonthly newsletter "NPO Resource Review" is intended for managers and staff members of nonprofit organizations.

The article offers news briefs on several publications in the U.S. Two studies on publisher Julius Streicher by U.S. scholars will be published which include the biography "Julius Streicher," by Randall Bytwerk. Indiana University Press will publish a chronological edition of Charles Sanders Peirce's work titled "Writings of Charles Sanders Peirce." Harvard University Press will publish the first three volumes of "The Letters of Henry Adams," edited by J. C. Levenson and Charles Vandersee of the University of Virginia.

The article presents excerpts from articles in various school publications in the United States. "The Chronicle" reports on minority-group enrollment in graduate and professional programs. Regular features of the magazine "California Higher Education" are enumerated. The article presents the texts of a picture caption in the "New York Times."