Career Advice

Increasing the number of Black women with Ph.D.s does nothing to address the structural barriers they face throughout the process of seeking tenured positions, writes Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana.

As empowering as the notion of the alternative-academic path is, deciding to pursue a Ph.D. when the career you want doesn’t require a doctorate may not be the best choice, argues Arie Spirgel.

It’s a general-purpose didactic instrument, a veritable Swiss Army knife of classroom tools, argues Zachary Nowak, who suggests how to effectively use it in your own courses.

After fielding hundreds (maybe thousands) of questions about the publishing process, Laura Portwood-Stacer offers answers to the one that comes up the most by a landslide.

Gaeun Seo and Michael W. Zhang outline the mutual benefits for both graduate students and higher education administrators.

Those of us who work in higher education should purposefully attend to our important needs, even if only for a short time each day, write Janet Alexander and Beth Kelch.

Getting a doctorate is a lot more rewarding if you stop trying to be a good student and start acting like you’re running your own business, advises Ilana M. Horwitz.

During the pandemic, Douglas Guiffrida has found that the faculty who’ve succeeded in the new environment share a similar attitude that appears to be lacking among those who’ve struggled.