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Thursday, October 16, 2008
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| News & Advice
First Person
Two Ph.D. candidates in the humanities chronicle their search for their
first tenure-track jobs.
Careers News
Joseph Hayse's legal quest has lasted longer than most people's careers in
academe.
Heads Up
Too many academics have perfected the art of pouncing ruthlessly on a
politically wounded colleague.
The Two-Year Track
Advice for candidates on what hiring committees are searching for in a
faculty member.
First Person
After a four-year hiatus from the classroom, a professor finds it both
familiar and new again.
An Academic in America
Why are so many artists and writers preoccupied by the so-called demise of
bookish culture?
First Person
Shouldn't seven years of graduate school have helped me avoid taking a job
just to have a job?
First Person
Why would a newly tenured associate professor in the sciences decide to go
on the job market?
Heads Up
No matter how reluctantly you took the job, no one forced you to accept it.
A President's Fourth Year
After three years on the job, a president offers his top-10 list of dos and
don'ts.
Moving Up
Too much transparency in the administrative search process leads to bad
outcomes.
First Person
A job candidate in sociology whose research focuses on race finds that he's
not what search committees were expecting.
First Person
An associate provost who resisted administrative jobs for years now seeks to
move up the ranks.
Ms. Mentor
Something more may be at issue with a Ph.D. whose husband controls her
career moves.
First Person
An assistant professor at a liberal-arts college prepares for a yearlong
research leave.
Catalyst
It may pay off for you to explore a new means of securing money from the
same federal agencies that are tightening grant budgets.
Career Talk
Our experts evaluate the CV's of three faculty-job candidates and an
administrator seeking to move up.
Career News
The last thing an author wants to hear is the sound of another scholar
closing in on the same topic.
Beyond the Ivory Tower
It's easier for engineering Ph.D.'s to land that first nonacademic job than
for humanists, but they face the same challenges in the workplace.
On Course
A new Web site offers one of the most comprehensive classroom guides
available online.
P&T Confidential
Here are some strategies to lessen the odds that your refusal will be taken
as a personal affront.
Career News
College workers in midcareer are most likely to express negative feelings about their jobs, The Chronicle's first extensive survey of college workplaces has found.
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Official Offers Harsh Critique of Policies Toward Adjuncts Civic Engagement and Academic Hiring Read a special report on how colleges are working to diversify their faculties and staffs. ForumsNew Topics
Assistant Professors on the Market
Junior professors who are applying for new jobs talk about their searches.
Student Wants to Discuss God ... and I Don't
A professor seeks advice on dealing with a student who wants to save him.
Teaching Outside My Discipline
A tenure-track professor fears that his dean is setting him up for failure by requiring him to teach a course outside his discipline.
Hiring Freeze
Job seekers compare notes on which institutions have declared a hiring freeze.
Office Politics and Research
A postdoctoral fellow seeks advice on whether to insist on first authorship or keep quiet.
Office Hours
What is your department's policy on office hours?
Location Humor
How do you know if your new tenure-track job is in a "geographically undesirable" location?
Health Issues on the Job
Talk about how to cope with chronic illness, disability, and other health issues in the academic workplace in our new forum.
Job-Market Check-In Thread
Share information about how your search is progressing. Available Forums
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