Advancing in the Faculty

How, Deborah J. Cohan asks, can academe make it more productive, meaningful and streamlined for everyone—including the candidate, the reviewers and the institution?

Paul J. Croft shares some underlying laws that govern the tenure process and how to make that process work best for you.

Innovative faculty members can lead the way, argue Andrew McKinney and Amanda Coolidge, by encouraging the inclusion of open educational resources work in tenure and promotion portfolios.

Based on his experience over the past 25 years, Mike Gunter Jr. shares five core strands of advice.

Katie D. Lewis provides recommendations for how to succeed along the tenure track in each key area of academe -- while also balancing the demands of motherhood.

This transition, while enormously exciting, can present some challenges and concerns, writes Melissa Dennihy, who offers tips on how to settle in your first year and keep thriving.

Colleges have not thoroughly examined the cost of such well-intentioned measures and how they might exacerbate racial and gender inequalities, Reem Khamis-Dakwar and Josh Hiller argue.

Moving to a position at a different institution, while challenging, can be done successfully if you take a strategic approach that begins before you start the new job, write Lisa Perks and Rochelle Ruffer.