Career Advice

When defining roles and duties, a good guide may be the adages about courtesy and common sense that we learned from our grandparents, writes Michael W. Schultz.

When you face crocodile tears or red-faced anger from students frustrated with their grades, stay calm and stick with your standards, writes Rob Weir.

Peg Boyle Single considers how we put off writing -- and how to change our habits.

Teresa Mangum sees a few hopeful developments in this year's gloomy job market.

The end of the semester must be near because nearly all the new faculty members I met last week were...

When a professor supervises student work at an outside business, how does a department provide oversight? C.K. Gunsalus helps with the issues and the politics.

Rob Weir considers the administrative practices that make many professors reject the idea of a position outside the faculty ranks.

Kerry Ann Rockquemore wants you to reconsider the quest for the perfect mentor.