Career Advice

Maybe The Economist and other critics of Ph.D. programs that admit more students than can expect to find good academic jobs are missing the benefits of the system, writes Joshua A. Tucker.

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As the series comes to an end, Karen Hoelscher describes her university's effort to remake its faculty development program, and what other colleges might learn.

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Higher education can attract more faculty members to the administrative ranks and -- eventually -- presidencies by changing the way chairs, deans and provosts are guided, writes Susan Resneck Pierce.

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Well now, there's The Economist with this year’s “ Doctorates are a Waste of Time” article. This piece falls in...

By Daniel J. Ennis

Many researchers are disinclined or unprepared to communicate their ideas beyond the academy, but they should make the effort, writes William Tyson.

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You were a finalist, but didn't get the job. Christine Kelly discusses how to move on.

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Eliza Woolf considers the advantages of teaching outside the college setting -- and how to get such a position.

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In the latest installment of their series on writing for the academy, Carmen Werder and Karen Hoelscher discuss the importance of proofreading and editing.

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