By Laura N. Schram. Much of the conversation about career exploration focuses on the importance of identifying our skills, but we often don’t take the time to think about our core values and how they connect to our skills, argues Laura N. Schram. Read more...

By Margaret Meningioma. Life can change drastically in an instant, but instead of struggling against a misfortune, one must to try to harness whatever it may have to offer, writes Margaret Meningioma. Read more...

By Peter Wayne Moe. My dissertation influences my teaching not so much through its content but by the lessons I learned writing it, says Peter Wayne Moe. Read more...

By Annelise Heinz. Talk to any instructor about student evaluations, and our shared unease is almost universally immediate, writes Annelise Heinz, who provides three basic recommendation to improve the evaluation process. Read more...

By James M. Van Wyck. For graduate students, the academic job market requires you to develop a coherent public profile that isn’t inscrutable to the people you’d like to work with, writes James M. Van Wyck. Read more...

By Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra. The many interconnections of sexuality with life in and around universities should concern all of us, regardless of orientation, relationship status or gender identity, argues Jeana Jorgensen. Read more...

By Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra. Why has there yet to be a reality television show about professors? In the popular imagination, we are a fascinating lot who lead eccentric lives. We pontificate to rapt classrooms while wearing historical costumes, we spend time trekking across distant lands in the name of field work, we shout, “Eureka!” in the lab and we carry on stirring, intellectual debate in the drawing room. Read more...

By Karen Kashmanian Oates. The drive to attract and educate more young people to science- and technology-based careers is inarguably good for American society and competitiveness. But we drop the ball when it comes to how we help our best and brightest at the highest levels of STEM academics and research take that final step into a career in higher ed. Read more...

By Joseph Barber. To do that, you have to have a product worth selling and know how to sell it to a particular segment of customers, advises Joseph Barber. Read more...

By Jay Sterling Silver. Jay Sterling Silver offers what he thinks is the real argument against laptops in the classroom. Read more...