A Nurse's Step-by-Step Guide to Academic Promotion & Tenure

Nurses Step-by-Step Guide to Academic Promotion & Tenure is a practical guide to understanding and navigating the complex and often stressful tenure process. Using their combined 50 years of experience in higher education, authors Constance McIntosh, Cynthia Thomas, and David McIntosh demystify the promotion and tenure process by providing all the tools you need. Whether you are a beginning professor seeking promotion or on a tenure track, this book will ease readers anxiety and help them:

Increase scholarly productivity
Maneuver through the IRB process
Teach successfully in different settings and make the most of student evaluations
Balance work and personal responsibilities and commitments
Select your mentor
Navigate the promotion and tenure review process
Negotiate a new tenure or promotion agreement

Constance E. McIntosh, EdD, MBA, RN, is an Assistant Professor at Ball State University School of Nursing. She is currently on a tenure track.

Cynthia M. Thomas, EdD, MS, RNC, is an Associate Professor at Ball State University School of Nursing. She has earned tenure and is working toward promotion to full professor.

David E. McIntosh, PhD, is a full Professor and the David and Joanna Meeks Distinguished Professor of Special Education at Ball State University. He has more than 27 years of experience in higher education.