Why Job Seekers Procrastinate and How to Avoid It

Lazy_Bear/Shutterstock We all procrastinate by putting things off that we ought to be doing. Higher education…

Navigating Organizational Politics at Work — Advice from an Expert

  by Daniel B. Griffith Jacob Lund/Shutterstock Are you turned off by organizational politics? Not your…

How Talent Intelligence Can Help Colleges and Universities Reduce Quit Rates and Compete with the Private Sector

iJeab/Shutterstock Droves of U.S. workers — including higher education professionals — are quitting their jobs to…

Assessing Your Own Readiness: Be Bold, Realistic, and Courageous

Jacob Lund/Shutterstock In my last post, I offered some guidelines for distinguishing genuine leadership opportunities from…

How to Prepare for a Stay Interview

fizkes/Shutterstock Stay interviews have been generating plenty of buzz in recent workplace news. But what does…

Reflections on Leadership in Ten Steps

  by Robert A. Scott Mangostar/Shutterstock In Part I, we discussed the importance of knowing the…

Riding the Wave of College Presidential Turnover

XArtProduction/Shutterstock If you work in higher education, you’re likely well aware of the pressures facing college…

Book Review — The College Teacher’s Handbook: A Resource Collection for New Faculty

  by Leo Z. Archambault In 1986, a new faculty member sought advice from his school…

A New Venture for HigherEdJobs Co-Founders

Melinda Nagy/Shutterstock Before the dawn of HigherEdJobs, the three co-founders were actually first connected through their…

I No Longer Grade My Students’ Work – and I Wish I Had Stopped Sooner

LStockStudio/Shutterstock I’ve been teaching college English for more than 30 years. Four years ago, I stopped…