Career Advice

Students often repeat this handy phrase of praise, but we are not doing them any favors by using it in class—and we’re certainly not helping prepare them for what comes next, writes Rachel Toor.

Herman Berliner shares lessons for how you can avoid mistakes when searching for people to serve in top-level positions like president, provost, vice president or dean.

Many graduate students live in fear of the consequences of disappointing their overcontrolling advisers, but little is discussed or done about the issue, writes Elizabeth Stice.

As institutional needs have increased and grown in complexity, our time as higher ed professionals has become less and less our own, write Wilmarie Rodriguez and Amy Carpenter.

We shouldn’t rely solely on the individual actions of devoted mentors and mentees but should set standards of mentorship for entire cohorts of faculty members and students, writes Elizabeth Sturdy.

Overzealous activists, while usually well-meaning, can shut down one of the most important aspects of any classroom: the free and open exploration of ideas, writes Maximilian Werner.

Owen D. V. Sholes shares the insights he gained through the many vicissitudes of trying to get his book published.

Joseph Barber offers advice on managing any fear-of-living-up feelings you may have as well as on how to communicate your own value to others on the platform.