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Administrators at all ranks need mentors, too. ADVERTISEMENT [Your Career Logo]( You can also [read this newsletter on the web](. Or, if you no longer want to receive this newsletter, [unsubscribe](. Administrators at all ranks need mentors, too. Here’s how to get them. Ours is an era of great crisis for campus administration. Across academe and among search firms, the talk is of unusually high rates of turnover — not just retirements and firings but leaders at all ranks simply burning out on the job and giving up on administrative life. Success in a leadership position — whether you are a department chair, a dean, a vice president for research, or higher up the chain — is never purely a technical exercise. The question is: Where do leaders go to get good advice these days? Traditionally, two components of classical mentoring were (a) an age and generational gap between the mentor and the protégé and (b) the flow of advice is one-way and linear from the “senior” to the “junior.” The novice seeks acumen; the elder dispenses it. That dynamic is unsustainable, unreasonable, and illogical today — and probably always was. People of all ages and ranks on any campus have wisdom, and we should no longer think of mentoring as a handoff so much as an exchange. Continue reading: “[Admin 101: Mentoring in an Age of Administrator Anxiety]( by David D. Perlmutter Share your suggestions for the newsletter with Denise Magner, an editor at The Chronicle, at denise.magner@chronicle.com. If you’d like to opt out, you can log in to our website and [manage your newsletter preferences here](. ADVERTISEMENT SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE Enjoying the newsletter? [Subscribe today]( for unlimited access to essential news, analysis, and advice. 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