Career Advice

A department chairman recounts the many ways that nepotism and conflicts of Interest can interfere with the faculty hiring and promotion process.

To advance your career, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore, you need your mental and physical health.

For meaningful interaction with colleagues, avoid the national mega-meetings, writes Kevin Brown.

Peg Boyle Single explains how some of the qualities that got you into graduate school can make it extra hard to finish up.

Just because you care about your students doesn't mean their needs should take over your life, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.

When a faculty member makes outrageous demands, and an institution wants to encourage more retirements, what's an administrator to do? C.K. Gunsalus weighs the options.

Two administrators at Connecticut College describe how they and their faculty colleagues changed the way professors are recruited and hired

The frenzied middle of the semester is a time when feedback is essential, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.