Career Advice

Colleges must develop policies and practices that establish well-being and boundary-setting as core institutional values, writes Vicki L. Baker.

And also prepare them for careers by helping them translate those experiences into what employers say they need, writes Rachel Toor.

You can use such opportunities to network, develop skills outside your comfort zone, try bold things and contribute to society, writes Chris Smith.

A process that honors mentors’ and mentees’ social identities can change the culture of exclusionary academic fields, Kristyn Lue and Annie M. Wofford say.

New career trajectories, including those for scholars interested in leaving a tenure-track position, need to be normalized, legitimized and valued, Sarah W. Dorr writes.

Grad students often take on instructor roles they are grossly unprepared for, says Kiarra Boenitz, who suggests instead an interdisciplinary approach.

Susan Shaw offers advice for colleagues working in states where legislators are questioning progressive teaching and academic freedom. 

Julia Chinyere Oparah explains how knowing your derailers is an essential superpower for every leader in higher ed.