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P&T Confidential
Failing to seek and keep a good relationship with a mentor during the tenure-track years is a serious mistake.
(4/18/2008)
Beyond the Ivory Tower
How did the lessons of graduate school help an English Ph.D. when he decided to join, and expand, his family's food-distribution business?
(4/17/2008)
First Person
A Ph.D. who returned to graduate school after working in publishing runs the interview gantlet at academic libraries.
(4/16/2008)
First Person
A devoted blogger confronts his fear that his virtual life is damaging his career prospects in academe.
(4/15/2008)
First Person
Tired of being typecast as an aging adjunct, a job candidate turns to Botox.
(4/14/2008)
Heads Up
In assigning pay raises, a department head can't avoid making judgments about each professor's productivity.
(4/11/2008)
Career Talk
Will you and your partner go on the job market at the same time? Are you willing to live apart? For how long?
(4/10/2008)
The Two-Year Track
Far from being "grim places," two-year colleges have become attractive options for value-conscious students.
(4/9/2008)
The Fund Raiser
A pair of East Coast types hitch up the wagons and head west to do a little prospecting.
(4/8/2008)
On Course
A professor who invited a visiting writer to class envisioned a stimulating dialogue, not awkward silences. What went wrong?
(4/7/2008)
An Academic in America
Despite 10 years of reports and rhetoric, the economic conditions of academic labor are considerably worse.
(4/4/2008)
A President's Third Year
Do you want college and university presidents to speak out or not?
(4/3/2008)
First Person
Three first-year professors tackle the conflicts between their career aspirations and their private lives.
(4/2/2008)
First Person
The conflicts of academic life are not always vicious, but they may well be unavoidable.
(4/1/2008)
First Person
Three professors explain their rationales for writing about academic life under a pseudonym.
(3/31/2008)
First Person
Why it's a mistake for academics to tell their stories using a pseudonym.
(3/31/2008)
Moving Up
If you're a president, perhaps the time to consult a lawyer is before you sign a multiyear contract.
(3/28/2008)
Ms. Mentor
Only teaching seems to evoke that primal fear of embarrassment and failure that dogs good students everywhere.
(3/27/2008)
First Person
Working outside the university before graduate school cultivates habits that will serve you well inside the university.
(3/26/2008)
First Person
Being a professor is still important enough to merit admiration; so why doesn't it merit a good salary?
(3/25/2008)
Page Proof
Often the kindest thing you can tell a Ph.D. is to put the dissertation in a desk drawer, and move on.
(3/24/2008)
First Person
Everything you need to know about presenting a scholarly paper in public.
(3/21/2008)
First Person
Racial incidents are bound to occur in academe, but they are usually sparked by innocent gaffes rather than ill will.
(3/20/2008)
First Person
A specialist on job hunting in the corporate world finds she's out of her element in her search for an academic job.
(3/19/2008)
Moving Up
The life of a presidential spouse is an isolating one, and even more so for a male partner.
(3/18/2008)
First Person
What does a dean at a small Illinois college have in common with an aging rock star?
(3/17/2008)
First Person
Everything you need to know about introducing speakers and running a panel discussion.
(3/14/2008)
First Person
Even assistant professors with no family obligations struggle for the right balance between their personal and professional lives.
(3/13/2008)
The Two-Year Track
Serving on a search committee may be a tedious, thankless job, but that's no excuse for mistreating applicants.
(3/12/2008)
P&T Confidential
While the demands of tenure should not be minimized, obsessiveness about your career is a mistake, psychologically and practically.
(3/11/2008)
First Person
As the dorms lay in ruins, most students just wanted to see their parents.
(3/10/2008)
On Course
Do certain courses invite advocacy? Or should we always strive to remain neutral to our students?
(3/7/2008)
The Party Line
The vice president of governmental relations at a big state university learns how his job gets done at a community college.
(3/6/2008)
First Person
A Ph.D. in biological sciences weighs the advantages of a job offer in industry versus one in academe.
(3/5/2008)
The Fund Raiser
For small development offices, the art of fund raising is more important than the science.
(3/4/2008)
An Academic in America
It's time to abandon the graduate career-services office and consult an astrologer.
(3/3/2008)
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