Career Advice

You need to know your internal influencers, and the problem is that they don’t necessarily follow formal reporting structures, titles or positions in higher education, writes Ellen de Graffenreid.

Female candidates tend to do better as recruitment processes progress, a study finds.

New research suggests limited role for gender in predicting whether new Ph.D.s will get tenure-track jobs, but notable differences on pay and other issues, favoring men.

Adriana Bankston provides advice for how research scientists can positively influence the personal and professional development of the trainees who work in their labs.

An anonymous writer examines how to make higher education, in particular graduate education, more supportive for sexual assault survivors.

Sarah Prior and Brooke de Heer, who teach and research about campus sexual assault, say they're more cognizant of the issues as mothers raising daughters.

Response to Gap ad shows perils of attempting to define or monetize academic fashion.

Terri E. Givens, now a provost, considers the twists and turns of her career, wondering how much her outward success reflects her unseen struggles as a black woman in academe.