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July 11, 2011

Monday roundup

Excerpts from some interesting 2011 commencement speeches.

A scholar who was denied tenure five years ago looks back, and his wife shares her recollections as well.

Dual career couples bring up all kinds of anxieties and institutional quirks. Here’s an A to Z of dual careers.

Introducing Alt-Ac, a collection of essays on the alternative academic career.

Daniel J. Ennis predicts that, somewhere, a university has hired its last tenured professor.

Julia Mortyakova reflects on the transition between graduate student and the tenure track.

Dr. Crazy shares an experience that reconnected her with the passion and excitement of her work.

Notorious PhD talks about the experience of being scooped and how she’s responded each time.

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