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Watching the NYTimes 'The Fourth Estate' Documentary through Higher Ed Eyes
By Joshua Kim. If you didn’t become an academic, then you might have ended up as a journalist. Rather than working at a college, you might have found yourself employed by a newspaper. More...
House Passes Senate Perkins Career Training Bill
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The House on Wednesday passed a Senate reauthorization of the Perkins Career and Technical Education law just days after the bill cleared that chamber. More...
A Road Map for Successful Career Exploration
Jennie Dorman and Bill Lindstaedt describe a tool designed to help you visualize the process, track your progress and identify the most strategic next steps. More...
Establishing Your Scholarly Identity
Stephen J. Aguilar suggests ways new tenure-track faculty members can define and shape how they present themselves so they can do more of the work they want. More...
Universities are bribing students with unconditional offers
In their desperation to secure ‘bums on seats’, some universities are killing academic endeavour and damaging career prospects. More...
Creative careers: is it ever worth working for 'exposure'?
Freelancers explain where to draw the line on unpaid projects. More...
Tenure Is Already Dead
By John Warner. For many of us, it was never alive in the first place, but the values tenure is meant to promote can and must endure. More...
Senate Confirms Trump Nominee for Career Education
By Andrew Kreighbaum. The Senate on Monday confirmed the nomination of Scott Stump, the White House pick for assistant secretary for career, technical and adult education. More...
Restructuring Tenure Away
By Colleen Flaherty. Vermont Law School plans to cut professors' tenure to deal with budgetary concerns. Skeptics wonder if it will hurt the institution more than it helps. More...