Career Advice

An academic spouse ponders how the more things have changed over the past 100 years, the more they have remained the same.

In class, I cannot get close enough to read people's lips behind the face shields because of social distancing rules, Kevin Garrison writes, so my students are increasingly silent.

Alexis R. Abramson, an engineering dean, provides advice on how to replicate the experiential learning of labs, group projects and field research in virtual and hybrid classes.

Online teaching has often forced faculty to retrofit living spaces into professional offices, and meanwhile the expenses quietly yet steadily increase, writes Regina A. Bernard.

​Joseph Aldinger and Chris Smith describe a variety of digital resources for online career and professional development and how to leverage them during the pandemic.

Valyncia C. Raphael and Zachary S. Ritter offer some short- and long-term concrete steps that administrators and faculty members can take this fall.

Administrators should consider the “feelings balance” of faculty members as a way to help build a positive community on their campus, writes Thomas J. Pfaff.

Alexander Astin outlines some specific pedagogical practices that might enhance student involvement online and warns against a course content approach.