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Education Dept. Layoffs Leave Scars Behind the Scenes (March 11, 2026)
Arizona Bill to Ban Diversity Statements and Training Advances (March 9, 2026)
Join Robert M. Pesce, a Managing Director with CBIZ, on Tuesday, March 24 from 1 – 2 pm ET, for the TAA webinar, “Taxes & Authors: What You Should Know in 2026”. He will share the basic tax information you should know as an author.
TAA has new guidance for educational authors whose works are involved in the Bartz v. Anthropic Settlement but who are not eligible for the 50/50 default split, or for non-educational authors who chose to opt out of the 50/50 default split. Attorney Brenda Ulrich, with Archstone Law Group, has been working with TAA on providing this guidance.
By Dr. Noelle Sterne
Q: What do you do if you missed a deadline you created for yourself? How do you get through the feelings of guilt and set another deadline in a way that you can hold yourself to it?
— M. Culpa
A: I empathize with you! It’s hard to miss your self-imposed deadline. As a fellow deadline-misser, I’ve arrived at several methods that make myself easier to live with.
Business and Technical Writing for the Real World by Sean Brierley is a professional writing guide for a broad array of students, including engineers and business majors, not just English majors. The text is designed to be modular, so its chapters need not be used sequentially and can fit your teaching style. The book features a table of contents, an index, and a glossary. Chapter contents include discussion and frequent examples of brainstorming, organization, structure, grammar, citing, trademarks, resumes and job hunting, graphics, and artificial intelligence. Communication channels and tools discussed include presentations, social media, video conferencing, reports, and general computer best practices.
Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of four TAA Recognition Awards. These awards, which recognize individual achievements in writing or in service to TAA or fellow authors, are selected each year by the TAA Council of Fellows and Awards Committee.
The deadline for nominations is April 15, 2026.
TAA Author Mentoring Award | TAA Distinguished Service Award
