How long should you spend on the faculty job market? Derek Attig offers some concrete advice. More...Strong professors believe it is worth holding their students to high standards, argues Deborah J. Cohan, and that they can, in fact, be tough as well as supportive in the classroom. More...Switching positions in your first years as a junior faculty member is both stressful and energizing, writes Christopher Garland, who provides some pointers on how to make the transition. More...Christine Tulley proposes a strategy to get moving finally: take a week to develop a master scholarship plan and figure out where you are. More...Such trauma impacts graduate students as they produce CVs, cover letters and other job search materials, writes Beth Godbee, and we should acknowledge and address it. More...Adriana Bankston offers six tips for how to effectively use your voice to benefit society early in your academic career. More...Dysfunctional departments have identifiable patterns, and faculty members share some responsibility for dealing with them, argue Nicholas C. Burbules, C. K. Gunsalus and Robert A. Easter. More...Some faculty members do more than their fair share of department service, institutional housekeeping and student mentoring, writes KerryAnn O’Meara, who provides guidance for how to make such demands more equitable. More...Even if up until now you haven’t done it, even if you find it insufferable, even if you think you’re awkward, even if you secretly believe that you’re somehow above it, argues Stephen J. Aguilar, do it and open yourself up to the possibilities that follow. More...Too many people in academe are institutionalizing their melancholy, writes Douglas Dowland. They complain about what a university should be rather than seeing what it makes possible. More.../https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
