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
The truth is that colleges and universities can support myriad career paths and not just tenure-track faculty positions. If you find yourself drawn to aspects of academe but do not want such a position, take heart that you can find many rewarding car
Leah Collum (Inside Higher Education) - April 6, 2020|Posted on April 07, 2020
We can expect to encounter culture shock when tackling major life changes, like moving abroad. But culture shock can also sneak up on us when we don’t anticipate it -- as in times of career transition.
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.
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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.
Do your homework. Then you won’t sabotage your candidacy with an awkward comment or with a question that puts you in a bad light. Because ultimately, in any job interview, what you don’t say is probably every bit as important as what you do say.
Mike Atkinson, SAGE Communications|Posted on March 04, 2020
A vast majority of U.S. employers say they rely on employees with language skills other than English to advance their business goals. Those unable to fill this need may find themselves falling behind in the global market.
Susan M. Shaw, Inside Higher Education (March 4, 2020)|Posted on March 04, 2020
As universities strive to address important questions concerning diversity on the campus, they need to ensure they’re also challenging the notions and practices of ageism that are deeply embedded in institutional structures and ideologies of youth
Natalie Lundsteen (InsideHigherEd.com, February 10, 2020)|Posted on February 10, 2020
Exploring graduate career options and determining potential career paths is tough enough, but that's just what gets you started in the graduate job search.