Alexander C. Kafka (Chronicle of Higher Education, August 23, 2024)|Posted on August 28, 2024
“Crisis. Crisis. Crisis. Even before the pandemic, college counseling centers described being overwhelmed, not nearly able to meet students’ need for help handling mental-health challenges. Amid rising overall rates of anxiety and depression,…
Vanessa Doriott Anderson (Inside Higher Education, August 26, 2024)|Posted on August 28, 2024
“Where did the summer go? Time that expands endlessly in moments of boredom or obligation compresses inexplicably when we are given full autonomy over how to spend it. I know, although I hardly…
[…] “When I began my career in higher education, the focus was almost entirely on preparing students for academic careers. But times have changed. Today, an increasing number of graduate students are exploring…
Adilene Bernal Sanchez (Science, July 25, 2024)|Posted on August 13, 2024
“I am the eldest daughter of five children to Mexican immigrants to the United States….We did jobs that nobody else wanted. Since the age of 8 I helped raise my siblings. I worked…
Eric Hoover (Chronicle of Higher Education, August 7, 2024)|Posted on August 13, 2024
“The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday that it will make a fully functional Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, available by December 1, following a two-month “phased rollout,” during which…
Aldo Foe (UIC Today, July 29, 2024)|Posted on August 08, 2024
"(The grant) will allow me to work closely with leading Kant scholars, access German texts from the 18th century and improve my German language skills.”
Carlos Sadovi (UIC Today, August 6, 2024)|Posted on August 08, 2024
“Research shows that having diverse faculty is crucial to foster meaningful connections with students of color and from underrepresented populations.” -Chancellor Marie Lynn Miranda
Ramon B. Goings (Inside Higher Education, June 27, 2024)|Posted on July 01, 2024
“[M]any doctoral students… may experience hardships in silence. The doctoral journey is an interesting experience during which students are provided structure through coursework and then, once they enter the dissertation phase, that structure…
Mabel Perez-Oquendo and Elizabeth O. Hileman (Inside Higher Education, July 1, 2024)|Posted on July 01, 2024
“Mastering the art of writing is not just a desirable skill—it is, in fact, an absolute necessity, especially for trainees navigating the complex landscape of STEM disciplines. Proficiency in writing is not merely…
Beckie Supiano (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 28, 2024)|Posted on July 01, 2024
“This decade has so far been a grueling one for the faculty work force. The job isn’t as stable as it used to be — even tenure is no guarantee if a college…
Carlos Sadovi (UIC Today, May 28, 2024)|Posted on May 28, 2024
Kendal McGinnis, last year’s CLS winner from UIC, spent last summer studying Russian in Tbilisi, Georgia. She is currently in Innsbruck, Austria, with an English teaching position through Fulbright Austria, and she will next be in Latvia!
Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M. Hartman (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 13, 2024)|Posted on May 17, 2024
Self-employment is often overlooked as a professional possibility open to PhDs. However, a surprising number of us, having considered our options, are drawn to it.
Rachel Brazil (Nature, May 8, 2024)|Posted on May 17, 2024
"A continued effort to persuade scientists to share all their results needs to be coupled with policies at funding agencies and journals that reward full transparency."
Tracy Peña and Jessica O'Brien (InsideHigherEd, March 22, 2024)|Posted on March 25, 2024
Never heard of positionality statements? Neither had we until our instructor asked us to explore them...Our research revealed that positionality statements can tell us important information about the author and the author's worldview.