Academia teaches us to be critical. But that’s not the way to get a job.
Speculative Diction continues the conversation about self-promotion. Conclusion? Do it!
In some ways, graduate school is actually an oasis, one you’ll be sad to leave. (In other ways, of course, you’ll be thrilled!) Best line: “Grad school is also your last chance to be an eccentric nerd, hiding in your apartment, eschewing haircuts, writing in 20-hour binges.”
Build relationships with all kinds of people before you need them.
James D. Miller argues that tenure isn’t going to protect people from a wholesale collapse of higher ed.
Karen at The Professor Is In explains how to work a national conference.
Rachel Connolly, one half of the new book The Mommy Track, guest-posts on The Professor Is In about how to achieve work/life balance.
Lee Skallerup Bessette explains why she’s still in academia.
Here’s some good – and specific! – advice on writing the academic job letter.
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