To and Fro the Ivory Tower: Life in Academia - Softcover

Pamela J. Farris; Marilyn K. Moore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1478615419 ISBN 13: 9781478615415

Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc., 2014

Synopsis

Pamela Farris and Marilyn Moore's years of practical experience as university professors galvanize indispensable advice in this first-of-its-kind handbook on attaining tenure and promotion in higher education. The authors provide a detailed "road map" to guide hooded doctorates through the seen and unforeseen realities, requirements, and expectations encountered on their academic journey to reach the rank of full professor and beyond. Starting with detailed information on how to tackle a job search, coverage expands to the realities of academic life teaching, conducting research, publishing and presenting, and serving on committees. Throughout the text, scenarios of others' experiences provide touchstones for variety of situations and methods for handling them.

This valuable resource will empower and resonate with everyone interested in a career in higher education even those who have already entered that arena. Readers will gain insight and strength to achieve their ultimate goals.

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Review:

"Professors Farris and Moore have filled a gap in the literature on academic life by writing an excellent book that looks at the span of a professor's career. A new professor can learn how decisions made while interviewing and accepting the first position can affect retirement and other end-of-career decisions thirty or more years later. The authors make clear that there are many decision points between those career bookends and that academic life need not be an exhausting and unrelenting race. There are milestones when one may pause, reflect, and decide on a direction that will be individually successful and rewarding. I will be strongly recommending this book to all of my students on the professorial career path." --Patricia F. First, Clemson University

"Farris and Moore's book contains many practical ideas that should prove helpful for the novice community college faculty member. The proven tips offered in this book are as applicable to community colleges as they are to senior institutions." --Neal McKenna, Kishwaukee College

"This book is the perfect road map to guide doctoral students and new faculty members through the higher education maze. The practical examples and realistic advice make this a go-to resource on navigating higher education." --Laurie Elish-Piper, Northern Illinois University

About this edition

• Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1478615419
• ISBN 13: 9781478615415
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 121