Goodwin / DeNeef The Academic's Handbook

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8820-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 416 Seiten

Revised and expanded, this new edition of the popular Academic's Handbook is an essential guide for those planning or beginning an academic career.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goodwin, Craufurd D.

DeNeef, A. Leigh

Weitere Mitwirkende

Gaff, Jerry G.

Schuman, Samuel

Hauerwas, Stanley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Schulen, Schulleitung Universitäten, Hochschulen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften: Berufe, Ausbildung, Karriereplanung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Third Edition vii

1. Loving the Academic's Vocation, Institutions and All: A Retrospective Appreciation of the Colloquium on The Academic's Handbook / L. Gregory Jones 1

Part I. The Academy and the Academic

2. Faculty in the Variety of American Colleges and Universities / Jerry G. Graff 11

3. Small is. Different: A Guide for Newcomers to Small Colleges / Samuel Schuman 22

4. The Morality of Teaching / Stanley Hauwerwas 38

5. Women in Academia (With Updated Afterword) / Emily Toth 47

6. Minority Faculty in (Mainstream White) Academia / Nellie Y. McKay 62

Part II. Some Issues in the Academy Today

7. Fads and Fashions on Campus: Interdisciplinarity and Internationalization / Craufurd D. Goodwin 79

8. Free Speech and Academic Freedom / Ronald R. Butters 87

9. Anticipating and Avoiding Misperceptions of Harassment 98

10. The Responsible Conduct of Academic Research / P. Aarne Vesilind 112

Part III. Academic Employment

11. On Getting a Job / Henry M. Wilbur 123

12. The Job Market: An Overview / Sudhir Shetty 136

13. Off-Track Vetting / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg 144

14. The Tenure System / Matthew W. Finkin 155

15. Some Tips on Getting Tenure / Craufurd D. Goodwin 168

16. Academic Salaries and Benefits / A. Leigh DeNeef 176

Part IV. Teaching and Advising

17. The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Lecture Course / Norman L. Christensen 203

18. Why I Teach by Discussion / Anne Firor Scott 212

19. New Faculty Members and Advising / Elizabeth Studley Nathans 217

20. Some Thoughts on Faculty Mentoring / A. Leigh DeNeef 229

21. Considering the Impact of Technology in Teaching and Learning / Patrick M. Murphy 236

Part V. Funding Academic Research

22. Corporate Relations and Foundation Fundraising / Beth A. Eastlick and Zachary B. Robbins 251

23. Securing Funding from Federal Sources / Judith K. Argon 260

24. New Academics and the Quest for Private Funds / Fred E. Crossland 278

Part VI. Publishing Research

25. On Writing Scholarly Articles / Louis J. Budd 291

26. Publishing in Science / Boyd R. Strain 306

27. Academic Book Publishing / Cathy N. Davidson and Ken Wissoker 315

28. The Modern Research Library / Deborah L. Jakubs and Paul L. Conway 334

Part VII. Academic Communities and Administrations

29. University Governance and Autonomy: Who Decides What in the University / A. Kenneth Pye 349

30. The Role of the Department in the Groves of Academe / Joel Colton 367

31. The Academic Community / Philip Stewart 387

Selected Further Readings 395

Contributors 399

Index 403

Über Autor(innen)

A. Leigh DeNeef is Professor of English at Duke University. He was Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Duke for more than twenty years.Craufurd D. Goodwin is the James B. Duke Professor of Economics at Duke University, where he has served as Vice Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, and Acting Chair of the Economics Department.