Derek Attig provides tips for keeping track of both important information and your time. More...
Prepping a Course I’ve Never Taught Before
How do you prepare to teach such a class, a junior professor asks -- especially if you'd never have suggested offering it in the first place. More...
Overcoming the Ph.D. Stereotype
Jennifer Polk and L. Maren Wood suggest three ways to rebrand yourself for a nonacademic career. More...
Is Your Career a Wicked Problem?
Raymonda Burgman recommends using an organizational concept to help break out of predictable thinking that may keep you in something of a rut. More...
“I Couldn’t Possibly”
Cathy Mazak explores the lies one can tell oneself when allowing an academic job to be all consuming. More...
Why Do We Talk Badly About Ourselves?
Students and postdocs generally lack confidence in their own abilities, writes Joseph Barber, or at least lack practice in communicating those abilities to others. More...
Mind the Gap
Scott McLemee evaluates international research -- and the resulting attention -- focused on the gender gap in the publication of articles in academic journals. More...
The Mental Health of Commuter Students
Colleges must understand their distinct needs and consider creative ways to lend support, write Merav Fine Braun and Jenna Citron. More...
The Lessons of March 4
The 50th anniversary of a protest by scientists against the Vietnam War makes this an opportune time to reflect on that activism and the position of science then and now, writes Alan Chodos. More...
Do Catholic Universities Still Have a Value Proposition?
My brother and I have chosen very different paths in our professional lives. Tom is a brand executive at Nike, and I am a mission integration professional at DePaul University. Over the years, however, I have realized that our jobs are not that different. More...