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Autore |
Iding Marie K. <1957-> |
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Titolo |
Becoming a professor : a guide to a career in higher education / / Marie Iding and R. Murray Thomas |
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Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2015] |
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©2015 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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College teachers - Vocational guidance - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Chapter One: Higher Education's Significant Contexts; I: Preparing to Become a Professor; Chapter Two: Types of Higher Education Institutions; Chapter Three: Types of Teaching Positions; Chapter Four: Profiting from Graduate School; Chapter Five: Search Committees, CVs, Interviews, and Job Talk; II: On-the-Job: Research/Creativity, Teaching, and Service Roles; Chapter Six: Publishing, Performing, and Products; Chapter Seven: Teaching; Chapter Eight: Service Obligations; III: Influential Issues; Chapter Nine: Ethical and Legal Concerns; Chapter Ten: Professorial Politics |
Chapter Eleven: Promotion and TenureIV: Postscript; Chapter Twelve: The Future; References; About the Authors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The book identifies kinds of higher education institutions, and types of teaching positions along with the nature of each position's responsibilities and advantages and disadvantages. It explains how graduate students can promote their future as faculty members while they are still in graduate school and suggests ways to find suitable faculty positions and succeed at the application and interview process. |
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