Stephen C. Stearns gives some advice to graduate students. He adds to it here.

Tenure is not faring well in the University of Louisiana system, which laid off tenured professors only to hire some of them back as adjuncts.

Should you write for free if you aren’t on the tenure track – and thus eligible to profit professionally from your contributions?

Isaac Sweeney’s recent academic cover letter in the Chronicle created a bit of a firestorm. The comments are … varied.

Dressing for success outside of academia.

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Does the increase in quantity of academic research compromise the quality?

Richard Vedder argues that faculty should shoulder work loads like those in other professional fields: medicine, law, accounting. What I want to know, though, is how “not in the office” equals “not working,” since teaching takes place elsewhere and most faculty do research and writing elsewhere.

Paypal founder offers students $100,000 for two years to develop business ideas instead of going to college.

Advice for new tenure-track faculty.

It used to be that newly minted PhDs were advised to publish chapters of their dissertation as articles before publishing the whole book. Advances in technology and politics may be changing that dynamic.

There’s a new resource for navigating graduate school: Gradhacker.org.

Nicole and Maggie talk about the crappiness of the “when to have a baby” choices for female academics.

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The Illustrated Guide to the PhD – both inspirational and a good reality-check.

Hey, humanities PhDs – Google is hiring and they luuuuurve you.

Wondering how big companies actually process job applications? This CNN article tells you.

There are so many jobs out there we can’t even fathom. Here are a few you might not expect.

College presidents, by and large, don’t have faith in the future of the institution.

College presidents, by and large, also would prefer long-term contracts to tenure.

Dan Berrett puts the pieces together to look at all the reasons the academic life will probably no longer be what it once was.

Tips for an international job search.

Is the next trend in resumes the infographic?