Career Advancement
Want a leg up in the academic job market or to grow at your institution? Check our collection of news, opinion and advice stories about career advancement in higher education. Among other things you’ll get insights on:
- How to write your CV, cover letter, and other application materials for an academic position
- What to expect your first year working at a new college
- What to do if your college closes
- If and when to change careers and leave higher education
- Who to turn to for advice
'A Huge Opportunity'
Thousands enrolled in short-term, job-focused programs will soon be able to use federal grants to pay tuition. Advocates say it could be “a game changer,” but challenges remain.
Advice
Be curious and open-minded about your options, and network, network, network.
The Edge
Progress is usually incremental and depends on innumerable contributors, our guest columnist writes. So we ought to focus on developing them.
Advice
It’s crucial for heads of big departments to learn how to manage a meeting-heavy schedule.
Advice
Ten questions to gauge if you’re leadership material.
The Review | Essay
Social science’s incentives are leading us astray.
Advice
What kind of teacher do you want to be for your nonexpert readers?
Advice
The chair’s role makes most faculty members run the other way, but you might like it.
The Edge
A guest columnist argues for rethinking the place of emeritus professors in university life.
Advice
Three ways to scout your future in higher ed amid unpredictable times.
