Click here to get on the waiting list for the online “Finish Your Thesis Program” and you will receive a copy of my free e-book “Finish Your Thesis Faster” If I were writing a blog about women in academia 15 (or even 10) years ago, the title would have been just the opposite: “Are Women Given an […]
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Getting Your Feet Wet in Academia with Adjunct Positions
A few years ago I met Jenny (not her real name) at a friend’s BBQ party. Jenny was the mother of two young children and an Adjunct Professor in the Humanities. “How do you like your job?” I asked her. “Well, it has its ups and downs,” she said. “I love working part-time as a […]
Faculty Salaries: How Do Men and Women Compare?
It is no secret that men earn more than women for the same jobs. But is the gender wage gap closing and how does it affect faculty salaries? In March, 2010 The Institute for Women’s Policy Research published an article that showed that the gender wage gap was still very significant. The nationwide ratio of women’s […]
Boost Your Faculty Job Search
I know that career planning is on many students’ minds, even if graduation is still a few years way. So, I will alternate blogs about careers with blogs about graduate student lifestyle. This way, you can look forward to blogs about jobs every two weeks, and the other weeks I will give you lifestyle tips […]