We’ve all had awkward conversations or shallow small talk in professional settings that feel inauthentic. These negative experiences of poor communication lead us to avoid professional conversations that could help...

Much of the world offers three-year undergraduate degrees in most fields. Why is that largely unimaginable in the United States?...

Career advising is one of these gray-area fields because one's future career path is not predetermined. That means that whenever someone meets with me looking for absolute clarity on their...

students keep dropping out of STEM fields at a discouragingly high rate despite the fact many colleges and universities -- as well as foundations and national organizations -- have gone...

To many people, vocational education has often meant learning a trade, but a more profound and important meaning of the term has been coming back into use....

Mentors don’t always know how to advise graduate students who don’t fit the mold for any reason, including disabled graduate students. They may assume their superior knowledge of their field...

Every new group of humanities and social science scholars needs guidance to reimagine professional development and career options. But it seems advice over the past decades has worked on a...

A new report says higher education is not keeping pace with the ever-changing job market. The report examines the “translation chasm” between the skills liberal arts graduates have and the...

Finding your career path after graduate school can be daunting when you come from a family in which your parents did not graduate from college and are not in professional...

Most graduate students and postdocs know they should give serious thought to their next career steps, but they aren’t sure how to navigate the career exploration process. The Career Exploration...