Academic Chutes & Ladders : The Hidden Curriculum That Makes or Breaks Academic Careers / edited by Kerry F. Crawford, Leah Windsor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Crawford, Kerry F., editor.

Windsor, Leah, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College environment--United States.

College environment.

College teachers--United States--Social conditions.

College teachers.

College teaching--Vocational guidance--United States.

College teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (400 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Why do some people seem to effortlessly succeed in college, graduate school, or as faculty—and why do many others struggle? The answer to this can be found in a phenomenon called the “hidden curriculum,” the unwritten set of rules of the game in academia that can determine who finds and climbs the ladders, and who falls through the chutes. Familiarity with the “hidden curriculum” and how to navigate it is part of the academic safety net that increases resilience, persistence to matriculation, and success in academia—and afterward—at all levels. If academia is a game, the “hidden curriculum” is the secret map showing where the pitfalls are and how to avoid them. It shows where the opportunities are and how to leverage them to advance to the next level. Academic Chutes & Ladders: The Hidden Curriculum that Makes or Breaks Academic Careers is both an action plan and a rallying cry; it exposes the academic chutes and ladders, and outlines the systemic changes needed to best serve all scholars and to support institutional missions in a way that makes academic success—whether defined as matriculation and degree attainment, tenure and promotion, or other career achievement milestones—more accessible for everyone.

Contents:

Introduction Part I: Square One—Starting the Game Undergraduate Education 1. Attaining and Sustaining Mentorship During College Emily Farris and Clare Brock 2. Challenges and Opportunities in Mentoring Undergraduate Research Jamie Scalera Elliott, Srobana Bhattacharya, Alison M. Clifton, Sean Giovanello, and Kirsten L. Taylor 3. FAFSAs, EFCs, and COAs, Oh My: Navigating the Realm of Student Financial Aid C. Kelsey Ryan Graduate Students 4. From First Generation College Graduate to PhD Student: How to Successfully Transition Elizabeth I. Dorssom 5. Live Long and Suffer: The Plight of the Grad Student Jennifer Tatara 6. Ritual Anxieties: Living with and Working through Anxiety in Academia William Duffy and Rae Summers Thompson 7. The Developmental Dissertation Leanne C. Powner The Job Market 8. Navigating the Affective Component of the Academic Job Search in a Precarious Market Amy Collins and Kaity Prieto 9. Navigating the “Hidden Curriculum” as an International Scholar Irmak Yazici 10. Scaling the Chute: Academic Job Hunting while Mothering Christine I. Kugelmann Part II: Rising through the Ranks Non-Tenure Track Faculty 11. The Perpetual Imposter Amy Cooter 12. Overcoming the Research Funding Barrier: Undergraduate Research as an Opportunity for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Holley E. Hansen 13. A Placeholder for Progress The Editors 14. On the Outside, Looking In: Pathways to Success for Non-Tenure Track Faculty Paul F. Diehl and Karen Huxtable-Jester Junior Tenure Track Faculty 15. Struggling to find purpose in the paperwork: USCIS petitions, job applications, and tenure files Kelly Bauer 16. Developing an Intentional Mentor Network Zora Wolfe 17. From the Top: Chairs’ Role in Developing Faculty Success Shane Gleason, Diana K. Ivy, and Kelly M. Miller Tenure and Promotion 18. The Chutes and Ladders of Service at a Small Liberal Arts College Patrick Homan 19. Doing Away with “The Way We Do Things around Here”: Clarity and Equity in Tenure and Promotion Rashna Wadia Richards Service, Teaching, and Research 20. Tackling the Role of Department Chair While Living with an Invisible Chronic Illness Gretchen Peterson 21. Musical Chairs: Service, the Curse of Competence, and Delayed Promotion Carrie Liu Currier 22. Who’s Going to Teach It? Equitable Distribution of Course Development Demands Tara Parsons Senior Faculty 23. Burnout, Compassion Fatigue, and Secondary Trauma: Self-Care in Higher Education Tami Micsky 24. So You’re Thinking About Moving into Academic Administration (aka, the Dark Side)? Mark A. Boyer 25. From Faculty to Administrator Shannon Blanton Part III: Historically Excluded Groups International Scholars 26. Implicit and explicit bias and the “rising star” culture Claudio Villalobos 27. The Academic and Social Challenges Faced by African International Students in the US Lillie Padilla 28. Replacing Chutes with Ladders: Creating Authentic Online Environments Inclusive of International Doctoral Students Crystal Machado, Farheen Mahmood, Ronald Nyanzi, and Lizoon Nahar LGBTQIA+ Scholars 29. Teaching Political Science while Queer: when your identity is political Austin Schutz 30. Breaking the Glass Closet: Being a Black Queer Woman in Academia Kelly Williams BIPOC Scholars 31. When Work is Personal: Closeness to Research and Its Effect on Well-Being and Productivity Nasir Almasri and Amirah E. Aly 32. “What’s the 411?”: The beauties and burdens BIPOC women scholars have gleaned through unveiling the hidden curricula within the ivory tower. Crystal White, LaSheba Hilliard, Gina Tillis, and Tera Warfield First-Generation Scholars 33. Being in Limbo as a Working-Class Academic Daniel Mallinson 34. Academic Border-Crossings: Ladders for First-Generation Student Success T. Mark Montoya Part IV: Invisible Workloads Women+ Scholars 35. Experiences of a Former Teen Parent Working in Academia Rachel Blume 36. Academic Motherhood: Holistic Motherscholars Lifting Each Other Up the Ladders Lynn Bielski, Emily T. Cripe, Katharina A. Azim, Stacey H. Bender, Maggie Campbell-Obaid, Kathryn E. Frazier, Janet Garcia-Hallett, Jennifer H. Greene-Rooks, Amanda Harmon, N. A. Heller, Colleen C. Myles-Baltzly, Summer Melody Pennell, Ivanna Richardson, & Alexandra K. Frazer 37. Chutes and Ladders in the Rearview Mirror May be Less Distinct than They Initially Appeared Jessica Salvatore Caregiver Scholars 38. Caregiving & Academia Without a Filter: When a Pandemic Made Invisible Dependents Visible Karen Sobel and Melissa Bowles-Terry 39. Navigating Hopeful & Heartbreaking Caregiving in Academia Courtney Peters 40. The Bittersweet Fruits of Perseverance Lesley Thornton-Cronin Scholars with Disabilities 41. On-Campus Interviews: The Invisible Chutes for Disabled Academics Melanie R. Savelli 42. OCD Meets PhD: The Fight to Thrive in Academia with an Invisible Illness Maya Novak-Herzog 43. Disabilities and the Hidden Curriculum Eun A Jo, Sally Friedman, and Alan Babcock 44. It Took My Village: How the Pandemic Worsened Decades of Isolation and Increased Loneliness Jarod Giger Conclusion

ISBN:

9798765164266

OCLC:

1594000618