#Alt-ac – Why You Need to Know About It
Want to teach? Want tenured-track position? Want to do your research at a top tier university? Post-docs are applying by the droves (900 applications per position is apparently not uncommon) to get...
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As someone who has spent a large amount of time studying career theory, one piece of uber-advice I will share with you is to get to know your job market. In fact, ask it on a date, take it to a nice...
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I heard they have good cheese and an open Assistant Director position.
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Digital Humanties – an Expensive Word
The Feb. 18th article in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled, “Stop Calling it ‘Digital Humanities,‘” is a great article encouraging small colleges and liberal arts schools to take part in the...
View ArticleWhat I Discovered in this Article
The Chronicle’s article (March 2013) entitled, Ph.D’s Spend Big Bucks Hunting for Academic Jobs, With No Guaranteed Results is very interesting. What did I learn? 1. Long Titles are no good. 2. How...
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Know What to Expect When You Graduate
Graduating with a Ph.D. is difficult enough on its own, without having to worry about paying off student loans and searching for available tenure-tracks across the country. Most of you out there will...
View ArticleNegotiating a Postdoc Position
Tuesday, April 30th 2013 – 6 p.m central! ONLINE! Join a webinar hosted by the Institute for Broadening Participation on Tuesday, April 30th at 6 p/m/ CENTRAL (7 p.m. Eastern time). An experienced...
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The Ph.D. Makes a Grand Comeback
Reputation.Com, headed by CEO Michael Fertik, examined common doctoral degrees and found that persons who hold them have seen their careers accelerate by more than 10% on average in terms of...
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