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25 janvier 2015

Well-Prepared in Their Own Eyes

HomeBy Scott Jaschik. The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) asked groups of employers and college students a series of similar questions about career preparation. They could be scary reading for many students and the college educators who are trying to prepare them for careers. AACU is releasing the survey results today, in advance of the annual meeting at which the group will mark its centennial. Read more...

24 janvier 2015

Tips for surviving the academic job search season

By Jennifer Polk. On Tuesday evening I spoke at an event on imposter syndrome organized by Grad Minds, a student group at the University of Toronto. One audience member asked about how to keep her spirits up at this time of year, when academic hiring is in full swing. More..

18 janvier 2015

Career Choices

http://www.insidehighered.com/sites/default/server_files/styles/blog_landing/public/mama_phd_blog_header.jpg?itok=C5xGPD1aBy Susan O'Doherty. A few years ago I left a rewarding, but highly demanding and stressful supervisory position to take a higher-pay, lower-impact direct service job in a different area of psychology. I felt burned out by the need to be constantly on call for emergencies, and by worrying about our high risk patients in the lulls between emergencies. Read more...
18 janvier 2015

Reach Out to Your Program Officer

HomeBy Russell Olwell. Each day, individual faculty members and teams ask themselves whether to contact an agency with a key question about a grant. In the case of an application, it may be about what is allowable spending for a budget, or whether an idea fits within the program RFP. For an existing grant, staff may have a budget shift or evaluation question in their mind. Read more...
18 janvier 2015

The Only Resolution You Need

HomeBy Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Most of the emails I’ve received in the last two weeks have been from tenure-track faculty members who are finding themselves exhausted so you’re not alone. In fact, lots of new faculty members are coming to the conclusion that waiting for large blocks of uninterrupted time for their writing is an ineffective strategy (because no such blocks materialized). Read more...
17 janvier 2015

How to Ruin a Date With an Academic in 5 Words

By . Academic life can be lonely. Professors, postdocs, and doctoral students spend their lives holed up in libraries, labs, and lecture halls, becoming intimate with words and ideas that are liable to alienate them from other people, especially nonacademics. Read more...
17 janvier 2015

Losing an Office, Gaining Perspective

http://chronicle.com/img/CHE_logo_785x28.pngBy Robert Zaretsky. This year I marked my 25th year of teaching by losing my campus office. Not literally, of course: The room is where it has always been. But the door has shed my children’s drawings and fading New Yorker cartoons (some having aged better than others), the shelves swept of uncollected student papers and multiple desk copies of Voltaire’s Candide (have I taught the book that many times?), and the desk drawers emptied of handwritten lecture notes and thank-you cards from students. More...

17 janvier 2015

Do you know what career path to take?

By Jennifer Polk. “When did you decide to leave academia?” This question, or some version of it — “How did you know that you didn’t want to be a professor?” for example — is one I’m regularly asked. It comes up in conversation, on Twitter, or when I’m on a careers panel. It’s a fair inquiry, and the questioner tends to ask because she is wrestling with making a decision about her own future. But it’s a question that I can’t answer. More...

17 janvier 2015

Engaging Audiences: Episode 2 – Make it visual

By Shari Graydon. Improving your ability to communicate your research clearly and concisely can help you secure funding, impress in job interviews and even just refocus your brain when you get stuck on a paper or article. More...

11 janvier 2015

Universities have a key role to play in career counselling

By Marguerite Dennis. John Stuart Mill, the rector of St Andrews University in 1867, wrote on his inaugural address that the object of universities was “not to make skilful lawyers, or physicians, or engineers, but cultivated human beings”.
From its earliest origins, higher education was not about acquiring work skills but graduating students who would take up their role in society and make a contribution. Read more...
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