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Record Nr.

UNINA9910793219803321

Titolo

Achieving academic promotion / / edited by Marian Mahat and Jennifer Tatebe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

United Kingdon : , : Emerald Publishing, , 2019

ISBN

1-78756-901-2

1-78756-899-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages)

Collana

Surviving and thriving in academia

Disciplina

378.12

Soggetti

College teachers - Promotions

College teachers - Vocational guidance

Education - Higher

Colleges of higher education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prelims -- Foreword -- Part I: Scholars' experiences and personal reflections on academic promotion -- 1. Demystifying the academic promotion process -- 2. From perilous to permanent -- 3. Being female in academia -- 4. Raising the bar: landing your first academic position in US higher education -- Part II: International perspectives on the structural and institutional processes of academic promotion -- 5. Academic promotion in the UK: your guide to success --  6. Academic careers and promotions in Finland and Austria: system and institutional perspectives -- 7. The academic market in Latin America: challenges and opportunities for early career scholars -- 8. Promotion within the academy -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book demystifies the academic promotion process by bringing together international perspectives - both personal accounts and reflections on the structures and processes of promotion in different contexts - to help you understand the steps you can take at any stage of your career to move up the ladder.