CiNii Books - Navigating academic life : how the system works

This engaging collection of recent essays reveals how a professorial career involves not only pursuit of a scholarly discipline but also such unwelcome features as the tribulations of graduate school, the trials of teaching, and the tensions that develop from membership in a department. The author, who enjoyed a distinguished career as a professor of philosophy and senior university administrator, draws on his extensive experience to offer candid advice about handling the frustrations of academic life. Combining philosophical principles, practical concerns, and personal observations, this book serves as a reliable guide for both new and veteran academics as well as for anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of colleges and universities.

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Part I: Graduate School
1. Orientation
2. Choosing a Dissertation Topic
3. The Hidden Curriculum
4. Preparing Graduate Students to Teach
5. Why Graduate Schools Don't Have Reunions
Part II: Teaching
6. Caring about Students
7. Teaching All the Students
8. How Teachers Succeed
9. Teaching and Testing
10. Teaching and Grading
11. Improving Teaching
12. Evaluating Teaching
PART III: Departments
13. Departmental Life
14. Faculty Appointments
15. The Ambiguities of Affirmative Action
16. Departmental Voting
17. Interviewing Candidates
18. Tenure and Academic Freedom
Finale
19. Expressing Gratitude
20. My Early Years in Academia

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