We continue with our new column, featuring interviews with PhDs who have charted a course unrelated to the tenure track, putting academia squarely in the rearview mirror. Our hope is that seeing and hearing from a wide range of PhDs … Continue reading
By Kel Weinhold, Productivity Coach at The Professor Is In Let’s talk about fear. About being in a state of alarm. I feel that way about writing this post. Fear that by seeming to go back to “business as usual” … Continue reading
[We continue to solicit #BLM guest posts. We pay $150 for accepted posts. 1000 words ballpark; profanity welcome. Please send a draft or query/pitch to Karen at gettenure@gmail.com] Leah N. Crowder is a doctoral candidate and Rhodes Scholar at the … Continue reading
Today I talk about Executive Function why we don’t have any. Turns out, when our brains are entirely consumed with basic security and survival work (as Dr. Aisha Ahmad explained in her excellent guest post last month), there just isn’t … Continue reading
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Two weeks ago we posted the question: How has COVID19 impacted your career planning? We got 70+ responses in the first 24 … Continue reading
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we posted the question: How has COVID19 impacted your career planning? We got 70+ responses in the first 24 hours! … Continue reading
Hi,I’ll start with what has become cliche at this point: I hope you and yours are well in these very strange times. I also hope you and the people around you are finding the strength to be kind to yourselves … Continue reading
In our Dispatches series, we crowdsource responses to questions we see about the academic job market and career. Last week we posted the question: How has COVID19 impacted your career planning? We got 70+ responses in the first 24 hours! … Continue reading
Prof. Kimberly Hoang, tenured faculty in Sociology at U of Chicago, looked out at a global pandemic and total collapse of higher ed hiring, and decided to write this (find original here; bolding added) Just five weeks ago, the world … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading