Determination to make your own way is key to success in academia, but scholars’ research, teaching and even their lives can be transformed by a chance encounter or event
Eight years ago, Carol Hay and John Kaag took the same position at the same university, and their lives since then offer fascinating insight into academic career progression
Somewhere, in a class past or future, sits someone absolutely unforgettable - your worst student. Ever. John Kaag confronts the existential terror of a pedagogical puzzle