New Faculty: A Practical Guide For Academic Beginners
by Christopher J. Lucas /
2007 / English / PDF
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Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging
environment of higher education today is apt to require more
explicit preparation than the informal socialization typically
afforded in graduate school. As a faculty novice soon discovers,
job success requires balancing multiple demands on one’s time and
energy.
Successfully launching an academic career in the challenging
environment of higher education today is apt to require more
explicit preparation than the informal socialization typically
afforded in graduate school. As a faculty novice soon discovers,
job success requires balancing multiple demands on one’s time and
energy.New Faculty
New Faculty offers a useful compendium of
“survival” advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of
subjects:practical tips on classroom teaching, student
performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student
advising, professional service, and publishing. Beginning faculty
members—and possibly their more experienced colleagues as
well—will find this lively guidebook both informative and
thought-provoking.
offers a useful compendium of
“survival” advice for the faculty newcomer on a variety of
subjects:practical tips on classroom teaching, student
performance evaluation, detailed advice on grant-writing, student
advising, professional service, and publishing. Beginning faculty
members—and possibly their more experienced colleagues as
well—will find this lively guidebook both informative and
thought-provoking.
