Higher Expectations : How to Survive Academia, Make It Better for Others, and Transform the University / Roberta Hawkins and Leslie Kern.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hawkins, Roberta, author.

Kern, Leslie, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College environment.

Education, Higher--Social aspects.

Education, Higher.

Educational change.

Feminism.

Industrial relations.

Philosophy.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (306 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Toronto, Ontario : Between the Lines, [2024]

Summary:

Higher Expectations is for any academic working to build a more feminist workplace is academia and in the classroom.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Raising Our Expectations

Universities Are Broken

Working to Transform

Guiding Principles

How to Use This Book

Part 1: Collaborate

Communities of Support

Do Solitary Tasks Together

Set Up a Writing Group

Host a Grading Party

Schedule Graduate Student and Research Team Working Groups

Prepare Applications Together

Start Today

Collective Action Bonus

Pay It Forward

Strengthen Research Collaborations and Labs

Labs and Co-Laboratories

Foster Teaching Communities

Find Institutional and Disciplinary Supports

Participate in Communities of Practice

Seek Peer Feedback on Teaching

Look for Crowd-Sourced and Shared Resources Generated by AI.

Notes:

Includes index.

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ISBN:

9781771136600

OCLC:

1417159643