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Compensation survey from AAUP says faculty salaries are up slightly year over year, but institutional budgets continue to be balanced “on the backs” of adjuncts and out-of-state students.

Teaching is a form of performance art, contends Bruce Fleming, and those watching us judge us as physical beings.

Attending to the impression you make in graduate school is a great investment in your long-term career, argues Briana Mohan.

Institutions want to help their graduate students find meaningful work. Here's how the University of Chicago is doing it.

Marina N. Rosenthal describes three actions she takes when she is feeling bewildered, despondent or incapacitated by a student’s disclosure of sexual violence.

When we as professors have the courage to address sexual assault openly, we create trust and show students how to take a different stance toward violence, writes Shawn Patrick.

Few people in higher education use coaches, but such professionals offer neutrality, perspective, discretion and feedback that colleagues, friends and family often can’t provide.

Michael A. Helfand, an Orthodox Jew, describes how his experience at a Christian university has given him a window into how faith-based institutions successfully promote religious diversity.