Career Advice

Instructors who embrace this educationally valuable approach need not let grading consume their lives, writes Andrew Joseph Pegoda.

Terry McGlynn offers advice on how to stand out in a cover letter for a faculty job at a teaching institution.

Academics need not only to enjoy their work, but also to pay their rent, writes Nate Kreuter.

Negotiations with faculty and staff will go more smoothly if your college or university has done its homework, Carmen Plaza de Jennings advises.

Even if you think you flubbed a question or two, don't give up on the job or the experience, writes Cheryl E. Ball.

Women who are expecting a child need a strategy for attending academic meetings, writes Tamara Yakaboski.

Terry McGlynn explains the essentials of a cover letter for academic jobs at teaching institutions.