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The full-time faculty handbook / edited by Virginia Bianco-Mathis, Neal Chalofsky.
Van Pelt Library LB1778.2 .F85 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--United States--Faculty.
- Universities and colleges.
- College teachers.
- Social conditions.
- United States.
- College teachers--United States--Social conditions.
- College teaching--Vocational guidance--United States.
- College teaching.
- College teaching--Vocational guidance.
- Education, Higher--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 229 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1999]
- Summary:
- The Full-Time Faculty Handbook is a guide to the life of a college professor. Editors Virginia Bianco-Mathis and Neal Chalofsky examine the major components of a life in the academy-teaching, advising, publishing, research and service. Practical, comprehensive, and engaging, this handy guide appeals to a broad audience across all academic disciplines-from new professors to tenured faculty. Themes that are introduced and woven throughout the book include: + The basics of academic life + Key strategies for success + Political realities vs. the "ideal" + Managing your career-creating your own schedule, roadmap, and network + Assessing where you are and what needs to be done + Finding, fueling, and maintaining your passion The authors also address the latest trends in the field that are affecting time-honored teaching traditions, such as distance learning, outcome assessment, continuous learning, and the evolving roles and responsibilities of full-time faculty.
- Contents:
- Administration and management / Nyla Carney and Teresa Long
- Teaching and learning / James J. Fletcher and Sondra K. Patrick
- Student advising / Rosemarie Bosler and Sharon L. Levin
- Academic research / Sharon Ahern Fechter
- University service / William J.A. Marshall
- Professional service / Karen L. Medsker
- Professional development and advancement / Rhonda J. Malone
- New learning approaches / Sharon Johnson Confessore
- Technology / Theodore E. Stone
- Diversity in higher education / Mary Hartwood Futrell and Walter A. Brown.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761912223
- 0761912231
- OCLC:
- 39671626
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