Career Advice

Anne Meyer-Minor describes the mutual benefits that occur when company managers collaborate with academics in the career development of advanced-degree trainees.

By Anne Meyer-Miner

Is it wise, Christopher Caterine asks, for universities to spend so much time and money to help people who’ve trained for one career to step into another?

By Christopher L. Caterine

In challenging times, how can you best move forward and not become frozen by the difficult choices, severe doubt or analysis paralysis? Patrick Sanaghan shares five key lessons.

By Patrick Sanaghan

Of all the academic job search documents, it’s often the most problematic for such students to conceptualize, write and discuss orally, writes Olga Koutseridi, who provides four pieces of advice.

By Olga Koutseridi

After analyzing numerous department handbooks, Catalysts for Science Policy members offer five recommendations for improving them in ways that build a healthier, more productive environment.

By 6 Catalysts for Science Policy Members

Jennifer Snodgrass shares some of the negative realities of academic life that people often avoid discussing, while offering some advice for dealing with them along the way.

By Jennifer Snodgrass

Christopher Schaberg and his students sketch a portrait of the college classroom after months of COVID.

By Christopher Schaberg and 15 Students

Despite the views of some critics, such programs are generally a good investment, writes Gillian R. Hayes, who offers five strategies for ensuring students have valuable experiences.

By Gillian R. Hayes