This is a non-standard #Dispatches because instead of collating a collection of contributed reader comments, I'm drawing from a rich comment thread on FB and also sharing links. The question is: should students get tuition and fees refunds for having … [Read more...] about #Dispatches: Should Students Get Refunds?
COVID19
It’s Bad
COVID19 has decimated higher ed budgets. Hiring freezes across the board. Furloughs and job loss. Everyone in higher ed - grad students, new PhDs, even tenure track and tenured folks -- should be looking closely at postac income options. Do … [Read more...] about It’s Bad
Adapting to Disaster, Episode 3: Research Productivity in Disaster Conditions (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)
~~~~~~~~~~~ Last week, I spoke about teaching in a disaster. This week’s episode of our Disaster Adaptation series focuses on practical strategies to maintain research productivity under crisis conditions. The purpose of this post is to help you … [Read more...] about Adapting to Disaster, Episode 3: Research Productivity in Disaster Conditions (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)
Mental Health Guidance for Graduate Students during COVID-19 – Therapist Guest Post
By Dr. Tyia Grange Isaacson. Dr. Grange Isaacson is a training and supervising analyst with a private practice in Berkeley, California and via telehealth. She has a subspecialty working with graduate students. Tyia holds a Ph.D in contemporary … [Read more...] about Mental Health Guidance for Graduate Students during COVID-19 – Therapist Guest Post
How to Set Up Your Home Studio
This is the post that should have gone up on Friday! Sorry, Passover and Easter (we celebrate both), not to mention...uh... {gestures at everything} got in the way. So, last week's podcast episode was called Digital Primer for Online Work, and it … [Read more...] about How to Set Up Your Home Studio
Adapting to Disaster, Episode 2: Teaching in Transition (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)
By Aisha Ahmad Last week, I outlined the core security issues that everyone should prioritize in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Establishing this basic security infrastructure is the essential prerequisite to adapting to life under sustained … [Read more...] about Adapting to Disaster, Episode 2: Teaching in Transition (Guest Post by Dr. Aisha Ahmad)
What Not To Say to Grad Students During a Pandemic – WOC Guest Post
I saw this thread on Twitter and invited Fay Lin to submit it as a guest post for the blog. Thank you, Fay. Fay is a 4th year PhD candidate in Biochemistry at UCLA, where she uses math modeling to study biological networks in immune response. … [Read more...] about What Not To Say to Grad Students During a Pandemic – WOC Guest Post
#Dispatches From the Front: Even More Advice on Managing Zoom Campus Visits
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Continuing from previous weeks, the question continues: “Help, my campus visit has switched suddenly online. Advice needed: either … [Read more...] about #Dispatches From the Front: Even More Advice on Managing Zoom Campus Visits
Work Will Not Save You – COVID19 Guest Post
Katherine Pickering Antonova is an associate professor of history at Queens College, City University of New York. She is author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays (Oxford, 2020), The Consumer’s Guide to Information: How to Avoid Losing … [Read more...] about Work Will Not Save You – COVID19 Guest Post
Adapting To Disaster, Episode 1: Security (A Guest Post)
By Aisha Ahmad For many people, the Covid-19 pandemic is their first-ever experience of a system-wide disaster. With millions of people now under mandatory lockdown, a serious concern for academics and others is how to remain productive amid … [Read more...] about Adapting To Disaster, Episode 1: Security (A Guest Post)