A faculty guide for succeeding in academe / by Darla J. Twale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Twale, Darla J. (Darla Jean), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College teachers.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (150 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>All too often a culture of silence permeates academia, where faculty and administrators ignore or misunderstand difficult situations. <I>A Faculty Guide for Succeeding in Academe</I> is a practical guide for prospective and current faculty that addresses real, complex issues that are too often left unexamined. Chapters explore typical aspects of the faculty career and life cycle-such as appointment, tenure, promotion, incivility, plagiarism, teaching, online delivery, interactions with chairs and deans, and performance appraisal-but focuses on the prickly issues as well as the routine. </P>

Contents:

Introduction: the professoriate, collegiality, and academic culture

Faculty search committees

finding the correct match

Classroom teaching and evaluation

Teaching online

shoot, aim, ready

Departmental culture

expect the unexpected

On the tenure track

Conferencing and publishing

Campus service and institutional citizenship

Faculty and administrator relationships

Off the tenure track with janice epstein

Pathways to full professor.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-16019-1

0-415-64452-6

0-203-07946-9

1-136-16020-5

9780203079461

OCLC:

851161700