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Dear Mentors: Help! My Semester Plan Has Already Fallen Apart
Sometimes the best-laid plans for your semester fall apart. Anthony Ocampo and Kerry Ann Rockquemore share five ways to get back on track
Outside Higher Ed
Beth Godbee offers lessons from her decision to leave a tenured position in academe and how she arrived at it.
We Need to Rethink Training for Ph.D.s
Why aren’t our graduate programs teaching students how to teach, Whitney Ross Manzo and Kristina M. W. Mitchell ask, rather than preparing them for the far more rare research job?
Do You Need a Postdoc?
Many Ph.D. students simply default to postdoctoral training as a logical next step, when instead they should be making a much more intentional choice, writes Stephanie K. Eberle.
The Vital Need for Queer Studies
Steven W. Thrasher explains why they are necessary for journalism education, as well as for education in general.
10 Requests for Search Committee Members
A graduate student applicant offers advice on how such committees can operate in much more productive and humane ways when it comes to their hiring practices.
Will Anyone Attend Your Conference Presentation?
Carol Poster provides a calculator to help you estimate the probable size of your audience and plan accordingly.
What Students Say Is Good Teaching
Harry Brighouse shares instructional practices that undergraduates say they have rarely encountered and think should be more widely shared.