Recent Highlights From The Chronicle and Vitae

By Josh Boldt

Find a marketable talent that is specific enough to limit your competition but still has a big enough client base to grow.

By Karen Kelsky

You can try, but the conditions under which you will succeed are fairly narrow.

By Terry McGlynn

You need to talk about assigning credit — before the research project gets started.

By Leonard Cassuto

Part 2 in a series on how to pick the professor who will guide your dissertation.

By Kristen Ghodsee

It wasn’t until I took a sabbatical overseas that I realized how deeply ingrained workaholism is in the American psyche. 

By Carrie J. Preston

Why I began to rethink my views on classroom decorum.

By Karyn Lacy

Why the content of your job talk matters less than how you handle the Q&A afterward.
My top five books on teaching.

By Rob Kramer

How to plan a faculty and staff retreat that people will actually find valuable.
Also in our weekly roundup of conversations from The Chronicle’s discussion forums: hiring-committee hijinks; charting a path to administration; how to respond to students who ask you to review what they missed in class.