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Opinion
Career Advice

Burnout by a Million Paper Cuts

Behold: a job posting you’d never accept, but already did.

By Tim Franz et al.

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Opinion
Career Advice

What Grad Students Need: A Crash Course in Institutional Literacy

We’re preparing Ph.Ds. who lack basic knowledge about how universities work.

By Gabriela Garcia

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Opinion
Career Advice

Rethinking Fit: Autism and Equity in Faculty Hiring

Sociability is not the same as hireability. Colleges can take concrete steps to make the academic hiring process fairer for neurodivergent candidates.

By Gabriel Proulx

Hamlet's soliloquy, starting with "To be, or not to be," printed on a gold piece of paper.
Opinion
Career Advice

Professor Hamlet Contemplates Retirement

Such heady occasion demands a soliloquy.

By Sean McAleer

Ben Shapiro speaks during Turning Point's annual AmericaFest conference in December 2025. He is standing at a podium in front of a red, white and blue background.
Opinion
Career Advice Teaching

What a Failed Discussion Taught Me About Teaching Diversity

When a classroom discussion about Ben Shapiro descended quickly into ridicule, I knew we needed to rewind.

By Musbah Shaheen

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

When the World Feels Bleak, Turn to Community

Engaging with our communities can help career and professional development practitioners recommit to caring for ourselves and the graduate and postdoc scholars we serve.

By Alexandria Yen

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Opinion
Career Advice

AI Can Raise the Floor for Higher Ed Policymaking

Used carefully, AI tools can aid us in developing university policy based on evidence, not anecdote or intuition.

By Jacob P. Gross

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Opinion
Career Advice Advancing in the Faculty

Our College Closed: Advice for Navigating Professional Deaths and Rebirths

Jennifer N. Suriano, Terri Ward and Julienne Cuccio Slichko share insights for other faculty looking for new jobs after a college closure.

By Jennifer N. Suriano et al.