Career Advice

How do we optimize the learning environment in academic research labs, Patrick Brandt asks, and what must we do when the environment is toxic to trainees?

Andrea Y. Simpson reflects on how the phrase, as interpreted at so many institutions, can undermine the goals of diversity and inclusivity, as well as limit the scope of first-rate scholarship.

When you rarely, if ever, see your students in person, Mai P. Trinh asks, how do you develop supportive relationships and help them successfully finish their degrees and advance their careers?

Colleges must consider the steps they should take to prepare for a new type of learning, including teaching students how to cultivate virtual identities, write JT Torres and Marissa C. McKinley.

Terry O’Banion offers 10 guidelines for successfully transforming your work into an academic article (or two) that reaches more readers.

Looking for a job is draining, writes Olga Koutseridi, who gives advice for how to stay energized throughout the process.

Manju Adikesavan and Laxmi Ramasubramanian describe eight steps to make hot desking work for your academic unit.

Rachel Toor finds herself seeking a position that colleges and universities should offer but most don’t.