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Category Archives: Quitting–An Excellent Option
The Real Life of a Tenure Track Faculty Person (A Guest Post)
This guest post came out of a conversation that’s been percolating among readers on the blog, facebook page, and over email, about the actual financial risks and repercussions of doing a Ph.D.. Indeed, last week’s blog post, Should You Go … Continue reading
Should You Go To Graduate School?
The “don’t go to graduate school” debate has flared up again this past week with the publication of this piece in Slate, “Thesis Hatement: Getting a Literature Ph.D. Will Turn You Into an Emotional Train Wreck, Not a Professor. The … Continue reading
The Decision to Leave Academia: A Dialogue with Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast
A few weeks ago I discontinued (temporarily, I hope) my skype career consultations, particularly those related to the fraught question of whether or not to leave academia. I discontinued these because I’ve been dealing with a health issue that, while … Continue reading
What Is a “Toxic” Campus? A Guest Post
I have been asked by readers to describe the qualities of a “toxic” campus or job. I have thoughts on this, and someday plan to write a post about it. But for now, I offer this anonymous guest post by … Continue reading
Location, Location…what?
This past week the Chronicle of Higher Education posted a column by Alexandra Lord, titled “Location, Location, Location.” Lord is the person behind the site on nonacademic careers, Beyond Academe, and she also runs an online Web journal, the Ultimate … Continue reading
Death of a Soul (on Campus)
Dr. Karen is on vacation in Italy July 2012. During that time she is re-posting older blog posts her regular Tuesday and Thursday posting days. She’ll recommence new posting some time in August. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~This post is an invited Guest … Continue reading
Ph.D. Poverty–Guest Post II
Following up on the article From Graduate School to Welfare in the Chronicle of Higher Education, I am featuring stories of Ph.D. poverty here on the blog, contributed by readers. I will post them on Thursdays over the next month … Continue reading
Don’t Go To Graduate School (An Inadvertent Guest Post)
This post shares an email sent to me last week by a good friend, an NTT English professor with a secure and well-compensated ongoing position in English at an R1 institution. This email is a follow-up to an email she … Continue reading
Two Societies–Separate and Unequal: Thoughts on the TT-NTT Divide
On Tuesday I posted the first of two posts on the New Faculty Majority Summit on Contingent Labor in Higher Education that took place in Washington,DC this past weekend. That post was, as I said then, in a descriptive vein. … Continue reading
Seeing the Invisible Adjunct: Thoughts on the New Faculty Majority Summit
I am the last of the Social Media Team from the New Faculty Majority Summit on Contingent Labor in Higher Education to get up my blog post about the event in DC this past weekend. This first post is in … Continue reading
