By Emily Roberts. During graduate school, you're heavily investing in yourself and your career. You're sacrificing significant income potential to receive super-advanced training in your field. You're probably anticipating a large income jump upon exiting grad school. Read more...
Walls in Unexpected Places
By Hans de Wit. Polls and the seemingly self-destructive nature of Trump’s campaign distracted many of us from another half of America’s population. Read more...
Longterm Impact of Studying Abroad for Japanese Students
By Yukiko Shimmi. Participants recognized change in enhanced self-awareness of how they are influenced by their own culture, greater interest in international relations, and increased awareness of the challenges of coexisting with people from diverse backgrounds. Read more...
Five Post-Election Lessons
By Tracy Mitrano. A call to action for higher education.
1. Politics is dirty business. With Bannon as the president-elect’s chief strategist, it is bound to get dirtier yet. Legal scholars, historians and political scientists, get in the game. Read more...
Personal Letter to President-Elect Trump
By Tracy Mitrano. You surprised just about everyone, possibly including yourself. I recall last Sunday reading the Time’s last election report. A reporter asked what you would do if you lost Read more...
7 Strategies for Tenure-Track Success
By Tanya Golash-Boza. Even if tenure is a few years off, new tenure-track faculty can take a few important steps right now, writes Tanya Golash-Boza. Read more...
Editing Advice for Marginalized Scholars
By Shannon Craigo-Snell. When moving from ideas to publication, if you don’t look, think and/or write like the dominant academics in your field, the path can be treacherous, writes Shannon Craigo-Snell. Read more...
A Message to Next-Gen Humanities Ph.D.s
By Amy Pszczolkowski. As a graduate student or alum, you can be an important part of the conversation about the future of humanities doctoral education and its possible career paths, argues Amy Pszczolkowski. Read more...
Why I Said No
Chandani Patel was offered what she thought was her dream job, but she turned it down. Here’s why, and why she thinks other candidates might consider doing the same. Read more...
Taking a Break From Academe
By Darcy Upton. An adjunct professor describes five lessons she learned when she decided to explore life on the outside. Read more...