Career Advice

A senior professor gets help from a junior colleague in creating an electronic portfolio for her five-year post-tenure review. Karen Hoelscher and Paula Dagnon describe the process.

Chief of staff and executive vice president positions can help presidents -- or separate them from the people and information they need, writes Patrick Sanaghan.

Spring is an unusual time of year in academic careers, writes Nate Kreuter. While nature is blooming, projects and degrees are being wrapped up.

What do college and university leaders need to know about technology as disruptive forces converge on higher education? Lucy Apthorp Leske offers advice.

You don't have to be a digital native to add video to your classes, writes Rob Weir, who explains how to do so.

Kathryn Hume says you need to focus on the match between you and the specific department and institution, not general issues about why you want a job.

Terri E. Givens considers some of the frustrations of faculty life.

New Ph.D.s in the social sciences enhance their job prospects by thinking beyond their doctoral disciplines, writes Adam Fish.