Much is at stake in academic mentor-mentee relationships -- not just the learning and practical support that matter for career success, but also the emotional well-being of both parties. And so it’s always worth considering how to make these relation
Jude Mikal and Sarah Grace, Inside Higher Education.com / October 23, 2019|Posted on October 25, 2019
The biggest issues impacting the quality of your grant proposals may not be grant-writing problems at all. By being aware of 10 red flags in grant writing, you can avoid a so-so response to yours.
Karen Kelsky (Chronicle of Higher Education, OCTOBER 20, 2019)|Posted on October 21, 2019
But dealing with illness on the job — and I’m focusing here on basic health woes, not on serious long-term diseases — is a fraught issue for all academics, who tend to have porous work/life boundaries...
Victoria Addis (Inside Higher Ed, October 3, 2019)|Posted on October 03, 2019
Academic book reviews deserve to be taken seriously, and reviewers at all career stages should be encouraged to aim for innovation and creativity when writing them. Why not offer prizes in recognition of reviews that push at these boundaries?
Justin Zackal, HigherEd Jobs, October 2, 2019|Posted on October 03, 2019
Should higher education professionals aspire to be specialists or generalists? A response to this question comes with a lot of “But what ifs.” However, becoming a generalist, as in acquiring a knowledge breadth through career experimentation, even
Kay Kimball Gruder, Inside Higher Ed, September 15, 2019|Posted on September 16, 2019
While on the surface it might seem like the internal candidate is always the candidate of choice, you as the external candidate might actually be the top choice.
Kevin Gannon, Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept. 2, 2019|Posted on September 16, 2019
When it comes to online teaching and technology, however, many academics remain leery. They continue to suspect it’s where good teaching goes to die. [Here is] a counternarrative.
Kathryn R. Wedemeyer-Strombel (Chronicle of Higher Education, August 27, 2019)|Posted on September 10, 2019
Dark humor was a coping strategy for me and my cohort, which is why we regularly read Tumblr sites like Lego Grad Student and What Should We Call Grad School, as well as PhD Comics....
James M. Van Wyck, InsideHigherEd.com, September 8, 2019|Posted on September 10, 2019
If you're a Ph.D. student reading this article, chances are that it'll take you less [sic] than five minutes. Not an outsized outlay of time, but still time you could have spent elsewhere....
Holly Genovese, Chronicle of Higher Education, September 10, 2019|Posted on September 10, 2019
“The first essay I ever published online, “Coding ‘White Trash’ in Academia,” was a rant I drafted in a few hours — about how my rural, small-town origins often left me feeling out…
Russ E. Carpenter and R. Parrish Waters|Posted on August 30, 2019
“For Ph.D.s on the job market in the sciences, no element of the hiring process is more important for making or breaking your prospects than the job talk.” Key areas: “Beyond “know your…
Joseph Stanhope Cialdella (InsideHigherEd.com) August 26, 2019|Posted on August 30, 2019
Employers frequently list collaboration and teamwork among the top competencies they value. More graduate programs are also thinking about how to better integrate collaboration and project-based learning into their curricula....
Theresa MacPhail, Chronicle of Higher Education, July 29, 2019|Posted on July 31, 2019
“This year I turned 47, but instead of the traditional midlife crisis — wherein I rethink my partnership or my career, have an affair, or purchase something flashy I can’t afford — I’ve…
Karen Kelsky ("The Professor Is In"), Chronicle of Higher Education, July 30, 2019|Posted on July 31, 2019
“Question: I just finished Year 1 of my first tenure-track job at a research university. My aim is to get a contract for my first book within the next six months, and I’ve…
July 22, 2019 In many courses, the days after the first exam can be stressful. Some students might feel worried about the results, or even doubt their abilities. So at the end of…