Career Advice

It preys upon the most vulnerable members of the scholarly community and is unhealthy for the departments that demand it, argues Matteo Pangallo.

Students and postdocs generally lack confidence in their own abilities, writes Joseph Barber, or at least lack practice in communicating those abilities to others.

Cathy Mazak explores the lies one can tell oneself when allowing an academic job to be all consuming.

Raymonda Burgman recommends using an organizational concept to help break out of predictable thinking that may keep you in something of a rut.

How do you prepare to teach such a class, a junior professor asks -- especially if you'd never have suggested offering it in the first place?

Derek Attig provides tips for keeping track of both important information and your time.

The rich cheat to get ahead in college admissions, but celebrities and CEOs aren’t the only ones playing the game, writes Jessica Calarco.