Then you should tell someone -- and here’s how, writes Judith White. Read more...

For academics wondering how to best approach the job market further along in their career, Jennifer Lundquist and Joya Misra offer some advice. Read more...

The well-substantiated racial differences in research support are yet another hurdle that scholars of color face -- one that sets many of us behind, argues Victor Ray. Read more...

Just as corporations try to establish a memorable brand, Ph.D. students and postdocs seeking new opportunities should work to create a lasting impression, writes Gaia Vasiliver-Shamis. Read more...

James Pfrehm describes how cage fighting has reinspired his inner academic. That's right -- cage fighting. Read more...

One need only consider the cultural impact of the recent film Hidden Figures to see the need to expand our cultural understanding of who can engage in mathematics, writes Sara N. Hottinger. Read more...

While a huge literature exists on first-generation undergraduates, there is only silence about what happens to those students when they go on to doctoral or faculty life. Herb Childress provides an insider’s description. Read more...

By Victor Ray. The freedom that research support brings is particularly important for radical scholars of color, writes Victor Ray, who gives advice on how to obtain it. Read more...

By Nancy Thomas and Adam Gismondi. Colleges will undoubtedly face more student protests, write Nancy Thomas and Adam Gismondi. How can educators leverage this historic opportunity and encourage constructive, inclusive political learning and participation. Read more...

By Scott McLemee. In Light Come Shining: The Transformations of Bob Dylan, Andrew McCarron faces an excess of material about his subject, not to mention more than 50 years of investigation, speculation and exegesis by obsessive fans, writes Scott McLemee. Read more...