Career Advice

When searching for new sections to teach at new colleges, it's important for contingent faculty to show they can customize a syllabus for a new institution, writes Luke Niebler.

New faculty members are unlikely to find gurus, so it doesn't help them to focus on that classic (if rare) type of mentoring, writes Kerry Ann Rockquemore.

Trenda Boyum-Breen offers advice on forging relationships that can help you do your current job or prepare for your next one.

For non-faculty careers, you need to describe accomplishments in different ways than you would when seeking a position as professor, write Brenda Bethman and C. Shaun Longstreet.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore writes about how senior professors can adopt the right mindset for mentoring, and can make their new colleagues feel welcome.

Greg Santore discusses the changing role of the sports CEO and what colleges should be looking for when they hire for the important job.

Instructors should take plagiarism seriously, writes Nate Kreuter. But they shouldn't rush to assume students are doing it -- nor should they obsess about it.

Don't take it personally when a journal or publisher rejects your submission, writes Brian Martin. It's all part of the process.