Career Advice

Rob Weir considers the administrative practices that make many professors reject the idea of a position outside the faculty ranks.

By Rob Weir

Kerry Ann Rockquemore wants you to reconsider the quest for the perfect mentor.

By Kerry Ann Rockquemore

Peg Boyle Single identifies symptoms and treatments for a problem that can block writing.

By Peg Boyle Single

Terri Givens, back in the faculty ranks, considers what she learned and why (when the time is right) she may go back.

By Terri Givens

Kerry Ann Rockquemore writes about the danger of fighting everything and of the danger of never expressing legitimate frustrations.

By Sabine Hikel

There are ways to phase in a move from higher ed to another kind of employment, writes Sabine Hikel.

By Sabine Hikel

Community colleges need to be cautious before hiring Ph.D.s who haven’t been trained for teaching at two-year institutions, and unemployed doctorates shouldn’t assume they are prepared for such jobs, writes Kory Lawson Ching.

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Kerry Ann Rockquemore writes that junior faculty members are too quick to assume they can't get help, and too hesitant to ask.

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