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This article offers advice for graduate students and research mentors on how to have better conversations about career planning.
Two new studies show how bias against women in student ratings operates over time, worsening with critical feedback and instructor age.
The White House painted an incomplete economic picture of its new policy for free, immediate access to research produced with federal grants. Will publishers adapt their business models to comply, or will scholars be on the hook?
Many higher education employees are headed for the exits, according to a new survey from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, which found that more than half of respondents said they were likely to look for other employment within the next 12 months.
Early-career scientists should have a say in developing the policies that can help them in the short term as well as benefit the scientific system in the long term, writes Adriana Bankston.
The role they play in evaluations for graduate school admissions, fellowships and jobs can be baffling.
After analyzing numerous department handbooks, Catalysts for Science Policy members offer five recommendations for improving them in ways that build a healthier, more productive environment.
These are some of the negative realities of academic life that people often avoid discussing, as well as some advice for dealing with them along the way.
How to facilitate the use of science as a key element of the policy-making process.
Florida is poised to pass a bill allowing students to record classes for personal use -- and to complain about professors who violate students' free expression.
As COVID-19 forced professors to embrace digital texts, they were likelier to know about free, openly licensed materials - but not to use them.
English departments rethink what to call themselves in light of how diverse they've become.
Nearly half of all physics chairs report their department is under some level of threat, ranging from closure to budget cutbacks. Physicists offer perspectives on how faculty can respond proactively.
Nobel Laureate Robert Lefkowitz shares 10 golden rules gleaned from a half century of mentoring hundreds of research trainees.
President-elect has vowed to spend much more. The vice president-elect is a graduate and supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. The next first lady is a community college instructor.
Black workers at universities are among the most vulnerable people on campuses. But they often are left out of conversations about racial justice.
Women's journal submission rates fell as their caring responsibilities jumped due to COVID-19. Without meaningful interventions, the trend is likely to continue.
Study finds the concept of faculty fit in hiring is vague and potentially detrimental to diversity efforts.
The new Department of Homeland Security rule prohibits international students from returning to or remaining in the United States if their colleges adopt an online-only instruction model for the fall.
Are those deciding whether to reopen campuses this fall facing the same risks as everyone else?
Non-Black faculty members have the power to help dismantle educational inequities, argue Viji Sathy, Kelly A. Hogan and Calvin M. Sims, and they suggest some practical ways for how to start.
As higher education experiences profound upheaval, colleges and universities need to double down on their efforts to better support faculty and their professional development, write Andrew Rosen and Jaime Lester.
New research suggests that for a large campus dealing with COVID-19, accurate testing and limits on class size and social contact may be of critical importance.
Why aren't more administrators who say they support diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives reaching out to their black colleagues now?
College leaders seeking to survive and thrive in a post-pandemic environment have no choice but to reassess and redefine their value proposition, argue professors.
