Career Advice

We should help students make sense of not only the subject matter of our particular class but also how all their curricular and co-curricular activities fit together, writes Laura L. Behling.

Laura N. Schram shares three valuable ways of thinking about how to thrive beyond the Ph.D.

Black scholars experience an ever-present tension between who we used to be and who we have become, writes Robert L. Reece.

The first step is to understand why it matters and why you, as a job candidate, are being asked to write one, advises Victoria Reyes.

Our institutions and higher education in general will suffer if we fail to recognize our common enterprise and transcend our inclination toward autonomy, argues Elizabeth A. Lehfeldt.

While a video format -- such as Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts and the like -- can make the job-interview process convenient for both the candidate and search committee members, candidates should carefully consider certain aspects of it, writes Ramon B. Goings.

Katharyn L. Stober describes some helpful resources on your campus that you may be overlooking.

Trenita B. Childers explores how race shapes the narrative about motherhood in the academy.