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Posted: Apr 21, 2016
From ABD to P&T, higher education has its own language (and we’re not even talking about discipline-specific jargon or academese). Most...
Posted: Apr 13, 2016
WASHINGTON -- Thousands of education scholars converged on the District of Columbia this week for the annual meeting of the American Education...
Posted: Apr 13, 2016
When you see microaggressions occurring against colleagues, how should you respond? Kerry Ann Rockquemore offers guidance.
Posted: Apr 12, 2016
When it comes to academic job interviews, practice doesn’t always make perfect, warns Robert Simon.
Posted: Apr 11, 2016
Working on your career is a lifelong pursuit. Saundra Loffredo offers guidelines to keep you on the right track.
Posted: Mar 25, 2016
Several colleges and specialty programs at the University of Illinois at Chicago rose significantly in the latest U.S. News & World Report...
Posted: Mar 07, 2016
Thinking about metaphors as they frame your career is not merely a fun thought experiment but also a way to test assumptions you've made, writes...
Posted: Mar 04, 2016
You don't have to follow the traditional advice to improve and enjoy your writing, says Jane Ward.
Posted: Feb 24, 2016
The shift from a subordinate learner as a grad student to a would-be peer on the job market is one of the most predictable traumas in an academic'...
Posted: Feb 22, 2016
A job interview is a conversation, writes Jake Livengood, and to engage in it effectively, you must be a good listener.
Posted: Feb 05, 2016
In order for email to have less control over your life, you need to start to take control of it, argues Tanya Golash-Boza.
Posted: Feb 01, 2016
The impression you give when you first meet people can make or break your career opportunities. Saundra Loffredo provides tips for ensuring the...
Posted: Jan 29, 2016
What are the things academic job seekers definitely should not do? Melissa Dennihy provides a list.
Posted: Jan 18, 2016
Career development requires energy and flexibility in a fluid job market, writes Alfreda James, and graduate students now have many more sources...
Posted: Jan 08, 2016
Eric Anthony Grollman introduces a new career advice column.
Posted: Dec 29, 2015
The Modern Language Association's annual report on the contents of its job board can't tell aspiring professors of English literature and foreign...
Posted: Dec 07, 2015
By helping you network and practice your pitch, among other things, they can be crucial to an effective job search, says Joseph Barber.
Posted: Dec 02, 2015
The one thing that will actually lead to a completed dissertation, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore, is the hardest thing for doctoral students to do...
Posted: Nov 02, 2015
Natalie Lundsteen gives advice for dealing with situations that veer unexpectedly from the professional to the personal.
Posted: Nov 04, 2015
They are different types of institutions than where most people will have gone to graduate school, write a group of contributors to a philosophy...