A professor of gender and women's studies questions the arbitrariness and biases of scholarly standards for so-called lowbrow subjects and activities. More...

Natalie Lundsteen offers advice for graduate trainees and postdocs negotiating the dos and don'ts of drinking alcohol at professional events when potential employers are present -- and watching. More...

The literature on teaching and learning is enormous; indeed, one can easily become lost in its superabundance. More...

Even though job ads often don't say, junior academics have a right to know with whom they'll be working, Mehdy Shaddel writes. More...

The view that we adjuncts are inferior teachers or scholars who somehow deserve our lot makes less and less sense as time goes on, Angela B. Fulk argues. More...

Amelia Gibson explores the far-reaching effects of campuses' mistreatment of senior faculty of color. More...

Helen Pho provides insights to help lower the anxiety such students often feel when pursuing a Ph.D. More...

Colleges have long dismissed the skill of learning as mere study skills, but there’s growing interest in giving students a richer sense of how to gain knowledge, argues Ulrich Boser. More...

In my position as a fourth-year, tenure-track faculty member, I’ve now had plenty of experience serving on search committees. More...

Those of us who work in academe can better prioritize our time if we make explicit the trade-offs that exist in faculty work, writes Michael S. Harris. More...