By Susan L. Phillips and Susan T. Dennison. Many new faculty members wonder if getting a mentor to help them get started and advance in academe is a good idea. If you are one of them, and you are considering a mentoring relationship, you may be asking yourself if it will be worth the time and effort. Read more...
By Kerry Ann Rockquemore. Thank you for being brave enough to admit the size of your inbox! Many people find that a high volume of old and unopened emails is stressful and creates a feeling of perpetual overwhelm. Read more...
By Larry D. Lauer. Too often in the academy, we ignore the significance of internal politics. But people often change when their roles change -- and along with that, the politics can change, too. Read more...
By Scott McLemee. Among my earliest memories is scribbling lines across a sheet of paper and handing it to someone (this was around age four, so presumably one of my parents) and asking them to read it. Read more...
By Belle S. Wheelan and Mark A. Elgart. Much has been made in recent months by higher education and political leaders about how the costs to institutions of federal regulation are driving up the price of colleges and universities. Read more...
By Marc Bousquet. What’s the measure of a successful doctoral program? In many fields, placement in tenure-track positions used to be enough. Today, however, many Ph.D. programs are claiming other kinds of success, particularly placement in what is being described as alt-ac (short for alternative academic) employment. Read more...
By Adele Barker. A lot has been written recently about the problem of cheating among Chinese students studying here in America. Recently, The New York Times reported a complex scheme in which 15 Chinese nationals were indicted for hiring other Chinese to take the SAT and the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) in their place. Read more...
By Deba Dutta. Can innovation be taught?
I first asked that question about 15 years ago, as the first wave of entrepreneurship programs at many of the nation’s top research universities got underway. Read more...
By Ryan Craig. Can you name 50 U.S. colleges or universities that (i) don’t carry the name of a state and (ii) don’t have a Division I football or basketball team? If you can, you’re an elite reader of Inside Higher Ed.If not, you’re probably suffering from myopia like the rest of us. Read more...
By Jeffrey Ian Ross. In this country in 2015, we have had 294 mass shootings in fewer than 300 days. Some of the worst and more dramatic incidents have been at our institutions of higher learning. Read more...
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