Andy Thomason (Chronicle of Higher Education)|Posted on July 14, 2020
The Trump administration has rescinded guidance that would have prohibited international students from studying at campuses offering online-only instruction this fall.
Audrey Williams June (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 12, 2020)|Posted on June 16, 2020
There’s plenty of evidence that higher education is relieved to have its emergency pivot to online learning safely behind it. But a repeat performance of remote instruction in the fall will be happening partially at…
Inspired by another difficult time in the country’s history, the Graduate College at the University of Illinois at Chicago created a new award in order to fund graduate students who are suddenly un-…
Having lived through burnout and come out of it stronger and wiser, Pope-Ruark has been sharing her experience with others, in hopes of offering support and advice for how to deal with teaching during a pandemic. Coping with burnout....
The goal of the Access to Excellence Fellowship is to increase the number of students from historically underrepresented groups in graduate education who enter careers as researchers and college faculty. Recipients of the…
The Graduate College at the University of Illinois has created a new award in order to fund graduate students who are suddenly unfunded for the summer due to the global pandemic. Inspired by…
Beckie Supiano (Chronicle of Higher Education) - April 23, 2020|Posted on April 24, 2020
It’s admittedly difficult to know how much of the exhaustion many academics are feeling is about the way they’re communicating and how much is about what they’re living through. But there’s something inherently draining about video chats.
Graduate Mentoring Awards are designed to encourage and award excellence and innovation in all aspects of graduate mentoring. Each year the Graduate College provides up to four awards of $2,000 each per year.…
The Graduate College is pleased to announce the winners of five vernal competitions: the Access Fellowship (retention); Award for Graduate Research (spring competition); the Dean’s Scholar Fellowship; the Graduate Mentoring Award; and the…
Gina Shereda (Inside Higher Ed.com) - April 13, 2020|Posted on April 13, 2020
About a year ago, I made a career transition into professional and academic development support for graduate students and postdoctoral scholars. I have found the work immensely fulfilling, and as with any other…
Leah Collum (Inside Higher Education) - April 6, 2020|Posted on April 07, 2020
Some new beginnings are so promising, it feels like you’ve somehow landed yourself in a real-life fairy tale. When I moved to France for my first job after earning my bachelor’s degree, I…
Victoria McGovern - InsideHigherEd (March 30, 2020)|Posted on March 30, 2020
If you are in graduate school or beyond, you've lived long enough to know how to respond to challenges that life presents you, Victoria McGovern writes. What would your younger self tell you?
Ariel Sophia Bardi - Chronicle of Higher Education (March 27, 2020)|Posted on March 30, 2020
As a Ph.D. from an American university, and now a journalist/consultant based in Rome, I’d like to offer U.S. academics a few suggestions for surviving your time in quarantine, gleaned from what might seem like a surprising source: graduate school.
Stephanie K. Eberle (Inside Higher Education), March 23, 2020|Posted on March 23, 2020
With growing anxiety and isolation spreading across the globe, COVID-19 affects all aspects of our lives. The job market is no exception. While networking remains the top way to find and secure your…
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Colleen Flaherty (Inside Higher Education)|Posted on March 18, 2020
Michael Bruening, an associate professor of history and political science at Missouri University of Science and Technology, serenades professors with an online teaching-themed cover of "I Will Survive." Bruening’s lyrics are tongue-in-cheek...
Mays Imad (Inside Higher Education)|Posted on March 18, 2020
While the technological know-how to virtually connect with our students is necessary, it is not sufficient to continue the teaching and learning, we need to connect emotionally -- especially in times of anxiety and uncertainty.
Every March, as faculty interview season gets underway at two-year colleges, I find myself thinking back on some of the memorable train wrecks I’ve witnessed. There was the extremely promising — not to…