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Are new graduate programs a good idea? Lee Skallerup Bessette asks and answers. Penelope Trunk explains why grad degrees are a bad idea. The scholarship of teaching isn’t being given a lot of credit, especially in promotion and tenure cases. Post-docs are becoming more usual in the humanities. Two career guides explain how to make [...] It’s not news to say that much of academic work is invisible. The parts that are visible – publications, classroom teaching – are often thought to be all there is, which gives rise not only to the “you only work 9 hours a week and no summers” accusations from well-meaning family members but also to [...] I’ve been thinking a lot about the term “post-academic” and what it means, so I’d like to unpack it a little bit here. And I’d love to know how my definitions fit with and don’t fit with yours. It incorporates academia No matter how far away we go from academia, those of us who were [...] Now that the academic semester is ramping up, everyone I know is starting to wilt. The excitement of new classes and new students have worn off. Committee meetings and other service has begun in earnest. Students are actually showing up in office hours. And all those great plans we had for being organized and on [...] One of the things that gets in the way of our moving full-heartedly to another job or career is our own lack of imagination. We just can’t imagine what else we could do. Part of it stems from the likelihood that we’re surrounded by other academics, who also have no idea what else they might [...] Hello, escape artists! I seem to have taken an unscheduled hiatus from the blog, and I apologize for not warning you in advance. Remind me not to believe doctors when they tell me I’ll be able to work from home 48 hours after surgery, would you? We’ll simply say my brain was not functioning. I’ll [...] Student loans have grown 511% since 1999. Professors at Central Michigan University have called a strike. Madeline Li continues the story of what happened after she was denied tenure. The job market in Sociology is starting to recover. ProfHacker has a great post about looking at how well your routines are serving you. Another Academic [...] To a certain extent, a resume is a description of the things you’ve done. All the relevant jobs, volunteer positions, and even hobbies get summarized and bullet-pointed in order to prove your qualifications for a particular position. Seen this way, a resume can be demoralizing. There are gaps. Not enough bullet points. Not enough evidence. [...] When you finish your PhD, no matter what your plans for the next right step, you will inevitably encounter a steep, steep learning curve. Since academic culture tends to inculcate in all of us a deep case of Imposter Syndrome, it’s easy for us to assume that because things are hard, because we’re struggling, because [...] 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 [...] |
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