By Thomas Magaldi. The painting that I remember most from my first visit to the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a life-size image of Joan of Arc painted by Jules Bastien-Lepage. Even an artistically challenged teenager could recognize that the artist was depicting an angelic apparition to Joan of Arc in her garden. Read more...

By Larry D. Lauer. I once witnessed a president’s spouse whose involvement in internal operations disrupted and confused the staff. She had been a public relations executive in a prior life, and an unwitting trustee made a comment when her husband was hired that made her think she had an open door to get involved in university communications. Read more...

By Mieke Beth Thomeer. Three hours after I found out I was pregnant in the fall of 2013, I received a phone call inviting me to give my first job talk. Read more...

By Jake Livengood. Life after the Ph.D. can be scary. 
As a Ph.D. student, it is easy to doubt your next career step in making the transition to life after grad school. Read more...

By Susan L. Phillips and Susan T. Dennison. Many new faculty members wonder if getting a mentor to help them get started and advance in academe is a good idea. If you are one of them, and you are considering a mentoring relationship, you may be asking yourself if it will be worth the time and effort. Read more...

By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Thank you for being brave enough to admit the size of your inbox! Many people find that a high volume of old and unopened emails is stressful and creates a feeling of perpetual overwhelm. Read more...

By Larry D. Lauer. Too often in the academy, we ignore the significance of internal politics. But people often change when their roles change -- and along with that, the politics can change, too. Read more...

By Scott McLemee. Among my earliest memories is scribbling lines across a sheet of paper and handing it to someone (this was around age four, so presumably one of my parents) and asking them to read it. Read more...

By Belle S. Wheelan and Mark A. Elgart. Much has been made in recent months by higher education and political leaders about how the costs to institutions of federal regulation are driving up the price of colleges and universities. Read more...

By Marc Bousquet. What’s the measure of a successful doctoral program? In many fields, placement in tenure-track positions used to be enough. Today, however, many Ph.D. programs are claiming other kinds of success, particularly placement in what is being described as alt-ac (short for alternative academic) employment. Read more...