The Academic’s Handbook - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0822338742 ISBN 13: 9780822338741

Publisher: Duke University Press, 2007

Synopsis

This new, revised, and expanded edition of the popular Academic's Handbook is an essential guide for those planning or beginning an academic career. Faculty members, administrators, and professionals with experience at all levels of higher education offer candid, practical advice to help beginning academics understand matters including: - The different kinds of institutions of higher learning and expectations of faculty at each. - The advantages and disadvantages of teaching at four-year colleges instead of research universities. - The ins and outs of the job market. - Alternatives to tenure-track, research-oriented positions. - Salary and benefits. - The tenure system. - Pedagogy in both large lecture courses and small, discussion-based seminars. - The difficulties facing women and minorities within academia. - Corporations, foundations, and the federal government as potential sources of research funds. - The challenges of faculty mentoring. - The impact of technology on contemporary teaching and learning. - Different types of publishers and the publishing process at university presses. - The modern research library. - The structure of university governance. - The role of departments within the university. With the inclusion of eight new chapters, this edition of The Academic's Handbook is designed to ease the transition from graduate school to a well-rounded and rewarding career. Contributors. Judith K. Argon, Louis J. Budd, Ronald R. Butters, Norman L. Christensen, Joel Colton, Paul L. Conway, John G. Cross, Fred E. Crossland, Cathy N. Davidson, A. Leigh DeNeef, Beth A. Eastlick, Matthew W. Finkin, Jerry G. Gaff, Edie N. Goldenberg, Craufurd D. Goodwin, Stanley M. Hauerwas, Deborah L. Jakubs, L. Gregory Jones, Nellie Y. McKay, Patrick M. Murphy, Elizabeth Studley Nathans, A. Kenneth Pye, Zachary B. Robbins, Anne Firor Scott, Sudhir Shetty, Samuel Schuman, Philip Stewart, Boyd R. Strain, Emily Toth, P. Aarne Vesilind, Judith S. White, Henry M. Wilbur, Ken Wissoker

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Review

"[E]ven experienced academics and senior scholars will find many sections of this book thought provoking and engaging.,, [T]he editors have done an admirable job of carefully crafting a revised edition that reflects the trends and changes in higher education. . . . Many misconceptions about the profession and about what professors do could be avoided were graduate programs to give each student a copy of this book. The book should also be on the shelves of college and university libraries of all sizes. While it is sometimes said that there is no one busier than a first-year faculty member, this is one book that just such a person will find hard to put down."--Grant U. Rich "Academe "

About the Author

A. Leigh DeNeef is Professor of English at Duke University. He was Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Duke for more than twenty years. Craufurd D. Goodwin is the James B. Duke Professor of Economics at Duke University, where he has served as Vice Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, and Acting Chair of the Economics Department.

About this edition

• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0822338742
• ISBN 13: 9780822338741
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 416
• Editor: Deneef