Career Advice

Leslie M. Phinney discusses tenure and what should you know about the tenure process when starting an academic career.

Teresa Mangum suggests some basic rules of communication and courtesy for search committees.

In interviews, writes Susan Resneck Pierce, search committees make quick judgments based on not only substance, but style -- eye contact, personal connections, humor and attire.

Rob Weir offers advice on what to do and what not to do to keep your students engaged.

Sometimes, in spite of trying to be helpful, spouses can hurt a job candidate's chances, writes Jean Dowdall.

David Domke suggests a way for graduate students and others to think about balancing the demands of teaching, research and life.

After being promoted, a reader experiences being turned on by a colleague. C.K. Gunsalus considers the options.

In 1978, I got my first teaching job — at a public high school. At the conclusion of the interview...