By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Many faculty members feel they are facing an ever-increasing flood of e-mail each day, and it’s not uncommon for people to struggle with managing it. The challenge is intensified anytime you transition from one stage of your academic career to another. In your case, it’s highly likely that the sheer volume of e-mail you’re currently receiving is far greater than what you received as a graduate student, and the volume will only increase as your responsibilities increase. Read more...

By Joseph Barber. I started my job in career services at the University of Pennsylvania when my wife was already pregnant. It was September and she was due in February. Starting a new role at the beginning of the busiest semester was certainly an adjustment for me. I worked hard to absorb the large amounts of information I needed to use so that I could provide effective advice to graduate students and postdocs across most of the academic disciplines at Penn. Read more...

By Ben Miller. Seemingly from the day it was created in 1992, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, has been a popular target for reform. The Obama administration shortened the time it takes to finish the form by two-thirds and created an automated tool so families can import their tax data. Read more...

By Josh Wymore. With tears in his eyes, Michael looked at me from across the table and asked for a second chance. I had hired him only a few weeks before, and he had just gotten busted for bringing alcohol on campus -- a significant offense at this Christian college. I wasn’t sure what to do with him. Read more...

By Mark J. Drozdowski. I’ve worked in higher education for 23 years, 4 months and 6 days. If you add college and grad school to the mix, I’ve been associated with universities for (let’s see... carry the five... plus two… equals) a long time. Read more...

By Ryan Craig. Young people often have a very different perspective. Consider that one of the most viewed, highest revenue producing channels on YouTube is DisneyCollectorBR. Read more...

By Nancy Zimpher and Thomas Lasley II. That’s why it’s so essential to get more effective teachers into U.S. classrooms. Every thoughtful strategy for this moral and economic imperative ultimately comes back to colleges and universities doing a better job of preparing teacher candidates. Contrary to movies and folklore, successful teachers are not born. They are trained and taught. Read more...

By Elizabeth Redden. Mexico is the United States’ third-largest trading partner, but its ninth-largest source of international students -- and the 15th most popular destination for Americans studying abroad. Read more...

By Paul Jump for Times Higher Education. A senior psychology professor has strongly denied any wrongdoing after a blog highlighted what it claimed was his high self-citation rate in papers published in journals he edited. Read more...

By Paul Fain. President Obama recently praised a City University of New York experiment to help more students graduate from community college. So did faculty unions, which have pushed back hard on other ideas that emanate from CUNY's central office. Read more...