Career Advice

Christine Tulley gives advice on developing a cohesive narrative in your tenure and promotion dossier.

What is most valuable about them to professors, as well as to the institution, is that the process includes three accountability moments that force both the college and the professor to confront the facts of their performance, argues Michael Nelson.

Cassandra O'Sullivan Sachar has found that the time she's spent in class going over Turnitin has paid off in terms of the quality of papers she's received from students.

Is a bad handshake such a bad thing? Yes, and especially when the person whose hand you are shaking has a professionally firm one, writes Joseph Barber.

Aptly titled courses and robust descriptions teach students a valuable lesson in speaking uncomfortable racial truths to white power, argues Ted Thornhill.

As president, Lori Varlotta takes most of her meetings out and about on the campus of Hiram College.

Michael Martin sees advantages to presidencies at older ages than was once common.

Honest discussions about poor performance may be difficult, but they are necessary for managers in higher education, writes Ellen de Graffenreid.