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Confronting Salary Inequity
C.K. Gunsalus offers advice to a senior faculty member who finds herself with excellent evaluations -- and a lower salary than her male colleagues.
That Shocking Time of Year
Teresa Mangum considers the options when you've reached the end of May, and you don't have a good offer.
Non-Academic Interviews
Christine Kelly offers advice on how to act naturally as you shift career paths.
Preparing for the Non-Academic Interview
In the first of a two-part essay, Christine Kelly reviews the stereotypes and key questions a Ph.D. will face, and how to overcome them.
The Long Look Back
Russell Olwell considers the process and benefits of applying to become a full professor.
Creating a Research Agenda
Graduate students need to make strategic decisions about courses, professors and opportunities, write Justin Reedy and Madhavi Murty.
Gay in the Academy
Finding a faculty job as a gay person, writes one who has done so, means asking the right questions, recognizing red flags, accepting that locations may not be ideal, and expecting the bizarre.