Practical advice for every step of an academic career, from preparing lectures and networking to tenure, promotion and post-tenure review.
You have the year's records in front of you: courses, manuscripts, meetings, a presentation, and that project you almost forgot to list. Everything matters to you because you remember the effort behind it. A reviewer needs a way…
Read articleYou've read the narrative so many times that you can almost recite it. The argument feels right. The examples are there. You're ready to submit, except for the small things that are easy to miss when you know the material too…
Read articleYou meant to work on the dossier this week. Then a student needed help, a meeting ran long, and the paper revision came back. By Friday, the dossier is still waiting, now with one less week between you and the deadline. The…
Read articleYou look at your year and remember the work clearly: a new course preparation, a major research deadline, and a program responsibility that grew well beyond what you expected. Then you open the assignment record and see a…
Read articleOne colleague says your statement needs more detail. Another says it's too long. A third sends a successful dossier that looks nothing like yours. You asked for help, and now you have three different directions to follow. Advice…
Read articleAn article you started at your previous university finally appears in print. A grant stretches across two appointments. Your teaching record goes back much further than your current review period. When you prepare the dossier…
Read articleYou've spent years doing the work. Now you're being asked to fit it into someone else's headings, page limits, and upload fields. It's tempting to think a more creative format would tell the story better. Maybe a personal…
Read articleYou sit down to write your dossier, open a colleague's successful example, and feel a little better. Finally, something concrete. Then you notice it uses a different template, covers a different review period, and includes…
Read articleYou know the file exists. You remember saving it after a long meeting, probably with a name that made perfect sense at the time. Now you're preparing a review, searching three folders, and opening documents called final, final2…
Read articleYou read a sample promotion letter and immediately look for the verdict. Does the reviewer recommend promotion? How strongly? It's understandable. But the useful part starts earlier, in the sentences explaining what the work…
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