Students at the University of Alabama at Huntsville are petitioning their university to remove U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions as this year’s commencement speaker.
The petition, which has more than 500 signatures, cites both Sessions’s voting record, particularly on higher education, and his endorsement of the leading Republican presidential candidate, Donald Trump. Read more...

Raising awareness of them and serving as models for other people is crucial for women in leadership positions in academe, writes Nichola D. Gutgold. Read more...

Both voluntary and paid mentors can be useful for tenure-track faculty members, but they play fundamentally different roles, explains Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Read more...

By Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis. Whether you like it or not, if you want to exist in the professional world, you should have a solid LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn currently has over 400 million users, and 94 percent of recruiters use it to search, contact, vet and hire candidates. The link to your LinkedIn profile also shows up in the top three results when someone does a Google search for your name. Read more...

By Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder. No, this is not another article on why you should or should not engage with social media. I will not waste cyberink on how much time you should allot to Twitter. The degree of frittering on Facebook is up to you. Read more...

Kristy J. Sherrer gives advice on how to build confidence and strengthen your image, allowing interviewers to see your many qualifications. Read more...

By Anna Castillo. Quality teaching experience is a must-have for today’s academic job market. One way to gain experience beyond the discussion section or lab frequently assigned to graduate student instructors is to co-teach with a faculty member. Read more...

By Ben Shneiderman. Such teamwork can be difficult but quite productive, writes Ben Shneiderman, and the most successful teams share certain key characteristics. Read more...

By Barbara McFadden Allen, Ruth Watkins and Robin Kaler. It may seem natural for a president to try to appease a board, but establishing clear roles and boundaries is vitally important, write Barbara McFadden Allen, Ruth Watkins and Robin Kaler. Read more...

By Eric Anthony Grollman. Being authentic is the most important thing, writes Eric Anthony Grollman. What good does seeing a black or brown face at the front of the classroom do if that face is wearing a mask. Read more...