Career Advice

Based on her recent experience at a major public university, Elizabeth H. Simmons reflects on the surprises new chief academic officers may encounter in their first year.

Abigail Letak explains why she tells her students that she struggles with anxiety and depression.

New study says the evolving economy creates a greater need for their skills, but that many colleges could do better at thinking about what graduates can do and helping them translate that into jobs.

Whenever I draft a new course or revise an old one, I ask myself which voices I tend to privilege and which ones, by neglect or ignorance, I leave out, writes Irina Popescu.

A strong job application is not a chronology, writes David A. McDonald.

Myron Strong provides tips on how academics can take more active roles in their disciplines.

Whatever the mechanism, institutions must put in place a system to halt certain practices that lack morality, argues Nabil Elrouby.

Anthony Ocampo and Kerry Ann Rockquemore share the three biggest mistakes tenure-track faculty make when being recruited for new opportunities.