Inhabiting the borders : foreign language faculty in American colleges and universities

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    • Helms, Robin Matross

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Inhabiting the borders : foreign language faculty in American colleges and universities

Robin Matross Helms

(Studies in higher education)

Routledge, 2006

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This book focuses on the experience of foreign language faculty in American colleges and universities, the challenges they face, and ways that academia can better support language faculty, and marginalized faculty in other fields, in their important work.

Table of Contents

List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Literature Review -- Chapter Three Methodology -- Chapter Four Foreign Language Faculty: A Comparative Profile -- Chapter Five Women in the Profession: Plus ca change -- Chapter Six Hao, ma? vs. Hola: The Pros and Cons of Less Commonly Taught -- Chapter Seven Arrivederci Tenure?: Questioning the Traditional Academic Track -- Chapter Eight The Faculty Administrative Role -- Chapter Nine Conclusion -- Appendix Description of Participants and Institutions -- Bibliography -- Index.

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