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Felder  \nNorth Carolina State University  \nMost of us on college faculties learn our craft by trial-and-error. We start teaching and doing research, make lots of mistakes, learn from some of them, teach some more and do more research, make more mistakes and learn from them, and gradually more or less figure out what we're doing.  \nWhile there's something to be said for purely experiential learning, it's not very efficient. Sometimes small changes in the ways we do things can yield large benefits. We may eventually come up with the changes ourselves, but it could help both us and our students immeasurably if someone were to suggest them early in our careers. For whatever they may be worth to you, here are some suggestions I wish someone had given me.  \n􀀁 Find one or more research mentors and one or more teaching mentors, and work closely with them for at least two years. Most faculties have professors who excel at research or teaching or both and are willing to share their expertise with junior colleagues, but the prevailing culture does not usually encourage such exchanges. Find out who these individuals are, and take advantage of what they have to offer, if possible through collaborative research and mutual classroom observation or team-teaching.  \n􀀁 Find research collaborators who are strong in the areas in which you are weakest. If your strength is theory, undertake some joint research with a good experimentalist, and conversely. If you're a chemical engineer, find compatible colleagues in chemistry or biochemistry or mathematics or statistics or materials science. You'll turn out better research in the short run, and you'll become a better researcher in the long run by seeing how others work and learning some of what they know.  \n􀀁 When you write a paper or proposal, beg or bribe colleagues to read it and give you the toughest critique they're willing to give. Then revise, and if the revisions were major, run the manuscript by them again to make sure you got it right. Then send it off. Wonderful things may start happening to your acceptance rates.  \n􀀁 When a paper or proposal of yours is rejected, don't take it as a reflection on your competence or your worth as a human being. Above all, don't give up. Take a few minutes to sulk or swear at those obtuse idiots who clearly missed the point of what you wrote, then revise the manuscript, doing your best to understand and accommodate their criticisms and suggestions.  \nIf the rejection left the door open a crack, send the revision back with a cover letter summarizing how you adopted the reviewers' suggestions and stating, respectfully, why you couldn't go along with the ones you didn't adopt. The journal or funding agency will usually send the revision back to the same reviewers, who will often recommend acceptance if they believe you took their comments seriously and if your response doesn't offend them. If the rejection slammed the door, send the revision to another journal (perhaps a less prestigious one) or funding agency.  \n􀀁 Learn to identify the students in your classes, and greet them by name when you see them in the hall.  \nDoing just this will cover a multitude of sins you may commit in class. Even if you have a class of over 100 students, you can do it—use seating charts, labeled photographs, whatever it takes. You'll be well compensated for the time and effort you expend by the respect and effort you'll get back from them.  \n􀀁 When you're teaching a class, try to give the students something active to do at least every 20 minutes. For example, have them work in small groups to answer a question or solve a problem or think of their own questions about the material you just covered.1 In long class periods (75 minutes and up), let them get up and stretch for a minute.  \n*  \nChem. Engr. Education, 28(2), 108-109 (Spring 1994) .  \n1 For other active learning exercises, see R.M. Felder,“Learning by Doing,”\u003C[http://www.ncsu.edu/","cbCaio8rCdDEFcY8","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaio8rCdDEFcY8","pdf",130759,"English","# THINGS I WISH THEY HAD TOLD ME\n## Mentorship and collaboration\n## Manuscripts, rejection, and revisions\n## Classroom practices and active learning\n## Exam preparation and grading\n## Service obligations and saying no","[{\"question\":\"What mentorship should junior faculty seek and for how long?\",\"answer\":\"Find research and teaching mentors and work closely with them for at least two years, leveraging collaboration and mutual classroom observation when possible.\"},{\"question\":\"How should faculty handle rejection of papers or proposals?\",\"answer\":\"Do not treat rejection as a judgment of personal worth. 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