Career Talk
Dealing With a Difficult Adviser
What are your options when your mentor is failing as a mentor?
On Hiring
- Discipline Envy
- Faculty Relations With the Governing Board
- Starting Dates and Pay Gaps
- Hiring the President's Spouse
- Full-Court Press
Henry Adams on Graduate School
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Academic Bait-and-Switch, Part 5
The behavior of assistant professors teaches graduate students some unintentional lessons about academic life.
- Academic Bait-and-Switch, Part 4
- Academic Bait-and-Switch, Part 3
- Academic Bait-and-Switch, Part 2
- Academic Bait-and-Switch
Peer Review
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A Psychologist's Shift in Direction Results in a Research Award
Laurence Steinberg, a professor of psychology whose work influenced a Supreme Court decision, won a generous prize for his research on young people's behavior.
- Tribal-College Leader Helps Students Realize Dream That Nearly Eluded Him
- Brigham Young Professor Goes From Congo to Tech Company's Boardroom
In the Forums
The Long Road
A recent doctoral grad seeks advice on how to bolster his/her spirits and stay marketable while on the long road to the tenure track.
Overprepping
A professor seeks tips on how to cut course-preparation time.
Authorship Issue
The principal investigator on an interdisciplinary project wonders whether to award coauthorship to a graduate student of a senior colleague and collaborator.
2009 Tenure-Track Cohort
Newly hired professors talk about their first year on the tenure track.
Job-Market Check-In Thread
Share information about how your search is progressing.
Elsewhere in The Chronicle
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Pay Stagnates for Many Public-University Presidents
As state and university budgets contract, campus leaders take home less, sometimes voluntarily, a Chronicle survey shows.
Latest Articles
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The Big Lie About the 'Life of the Mind'
Most departments will never willingly provide information on graduate-student attrition, debt, and placement.
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The Conference Poster Child
Many scientists have strong preferences about whether to give a talk or present a poster.
- Changes
- Life After Tenure Denial
- Saving Academic Integrity or Your Career?
- On the Market in PR
- How to Be Welcoming
- A Penny for Your Thoughts
- A Hobby Becomes a Career
- What's on One Fund Raiser's Mind in 2010?
- Dear Hot Prospect
- Overdoing It in the Hiring Process
- The Discount Professorship
- It Is Who You Know, and Who Knows You
- Cover Stories
More Advice
From the Archives
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My Left Tackle
Though it can be bruising, having the fluff knocked out of your writing is not a bad thing.
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Cattle Call
About to serve on a search committee at a community college? Here are two common complaints to avoid.
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Unemployment and the Toil of Sisyphus
A history Ph.D. wonders if she's taken up her own proverbial boulder by continuing to seek a tenure-track job.
First Time on the Market?
Going on the academic job market for the first time? Here are some things you should know.
The CV Doctor
Our experts offer advice on preparing both strong academic CV's and résumés for nonacademic jobs.
