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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790433503321

Autore

Krieger Martin H

Titolo

The scholar's survival manual : a road map for students, faculty, and administrators / / Martin H. Krieger

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-253-01063-2

0-253-01071-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (416 p.)

Disciplina

378.1/55

Soggetti

Universities and colleges - Graduate work

Graduate students

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Way into This Guide; Glossary; 1 Graduate School (Essays #1-54); A. Fundamentals; B. Your Advisor and Committee; C. Sticky Situations; 2 Writing (#55-95); A. Fundamentals; B. Bottom Line Up Front; C. Research; D. Publishing; 3 Getting Done (#96-112); A. Fundamentals; B. Finishing; C. Reference Letters; 4 Getting the First Job (#113-150); A. Fundamentals; B. Job Talks and Seminar Presentations; C. No Offers?; D. You Have an Offer; E. Hiring; 5 Junior & Probationary Faculty (#151-174); A. Fundamentals; B. Promotion and Tenure

C. Denial6 Grants, Fellowships, & Other Pecuniary Resources (#175-183); 7 Your Career (#184-219); A. Fundamentals; B. Awards; C. Impact and Influence of Your Work; D. Multi-Authored Work; E. Your CV; F. Changing Jobs; 8 Tenure & Promotion (#220-290); A. Fundamentals; B. The Dossier; C. More on Denial; 9 After Tenure - Associate & Full Professorship (#291-307); 10 Scholarly & Academic Ethos (#308-391); A. Fundamentals; B. Excellence; C. On Time; D. Overloaded?; E. The Research Enterprise; F. Controversy; 11 Stronger Faculties & Stronger Institutions (#392-420); A. Fundamentals

B. A Different UniversityC. Mentoring

Sommario/riassunto

The product of a lifetime of experience in American universities, The



Scholar's Survival Manual offers advice for students, professors, and administrators on how to get work done, the path to becoming a professor, getting tenured, and making visible contributions to scholarship, as well as serving on promotion and tenure committees. Martin H. Krieger covers a broad cross section of the academic experience from a graduate student's first foray into the job market through retirement. Because advice is notoriously difficult to take and context matters a great deal, Krieger has allowed his idea