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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809511503321

Autore

Brennan Jason <1979->

Titolo

Good work if you can get it : how to succeed in academia / / Jason Brennan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore, Mary­land : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-4214-3797-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

331.1231378120973

Soggetti

College teachers - Supply and demand - United States

College teachers - Vocational guidance - United States

College teaching - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Unpleasant truths about the world's best job --  Do you really want an academic job? --  Success in graduate school means working to get a job --  How to be productive and happy --  The academic market, tenure, and market outside Academia -- Exit options.

Sommario/riassunto

"This is a short, punchy book about the real professional life of an academic. It provides hard data on what academic jobs are like and who gets them; on how to succeed in graduate school; on how to find time to write, teach, and have a personal life; and on what a person might do if academia does not work out. Written by a successful professor, the book warns aspiring academics about the harsh realities of an oversupplied job market and prepares them for playing by the rules that govern success in the academic profession"--