Accomplished academics can still learn from their supervisees

My job is to help young researchers negotiate their own varied and wondrous paths, not track (a version of) my own, says Lucas Lixinski

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May 14, 2021

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May 14, 2021

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Even the most accomplished academics should not see themselves as incontrovertible sages and open up to the prospect of learning from their charges.

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