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Book Getting Promoted in Academia

Download or read book Getting Promoted in Academia written by Graeme Wilkinson and published by Sunway University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This short guide to career development for academics provides sensible and practical advice on how to rise to the top in the highly competitive world of higher education. Drawing on the author's wealth of experience in international universities, the book is packed with tactics and strategies for building a successful academic career and growing a strong personal brand as a leading and highly respected academic. Whether your goal is to be a top professor, academic manager, or university leader, you will find valuable tips in this book that are scarcely written down. This book is essential reading for every academic who wants a high-flying career.

Book Achieving Academic Promotion

Download or read book Achieving Academic Promotion written by Marian Mahat and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2019-01-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book demystifies the academic promotion process by bringing together international perspectives - both personal accounts and reflections on the structures and processes of promotion in different contexts - to help you understand the steps you can take at any stage of your career to move up the ladder.

Book The Professor Is In

    Book Details:
  • Author : Karen Kelsky
  • Publisher : Crown
  • Release : 2015-08-04
  • ISBN : 0553419420
  • Pages : 450 pages

Download or read book The Professor Is In written by Karen Kelsky and published by Crown. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D. into their ideal job Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small percentage of them will land a job that justifies and rewards their investment. For every comfortably tenured professor or well-paid former academic, there are countless underpaid and overworked adjuncts, and many more who simply give up in frustration. Those who do make it share an important asset that separates them from the pack: they have a plan. They understand exactly what they need to do to set themselves up for success. They know what really moves the needle in academic job searches, how to avoid the all-too-common mistakes that sink so many of their peers, and how to decide when to point their Ph.D. toward other, non-academic options. Karen Kelsky has made it her mission to help readers join the select few who get the most out of their Ph.D. As a former tenured professor and department head who oversaw numerous academic job searches, she knows from experience exactly what gets an academic applicant a job. And as the creator of the popular and widely respected advice site The Professor is In, she has helped countless Ph.D.’s turn themselves into stronger applicants and land their dream careers. Now, for the first time ever, Karen has poured all her best advice into a single handy guide that addresses the most important issues facing any Ph.D., including: -When, where, and what to publish -Writing a foolproof grant application -Cultivating references and crafting the perfect CV -Acing the job talk and campus interview -Avoiding the adjunct trap -Making the leap to nonacademic work, when the time is right The Professor Is In addresses all of these issues, and many more.

Book International Human Resource Management

Download or read book International Human Resource Management written by Anne-Wil Harzing and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 757 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I enthusiastically endorse the fourth edition of IHRM. The editors are to be congratulated for recruiting the top-rated authors in this field to contribute to this volume. The chapters are up to date, insightful, and sometimes even provocative. Students, including post-grads and advanced undergraduates, as well as savvy practitioners, will benefit from reading this volume." Neal M. Ashkanasy, Professor of Management, The University of Queensland Anne-Wil Harzing and Ashly Pinnington’s bestselling textbook has guided thousands of students through their International Human Resource Management studies. The fourth edition retains the critical edge, academic rigour and breadth of coverage which have established this book as the most authoritative text on the market. The new edition by our international team of experts provides an even more stimulating journey through the core curriculum, contemporary debates and emerging issues in IHRM. New for the fourth edition: Reduced number of chapters to allow for greater depth and an improved structure ensuring fundamental topics underpin your knowledge Expanded coverage of Equality and Diversity, Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability and Cross-Cultural Management in line with developments in the field New Stop and Reflect feature provides an opportunity to test your understanding at regular intervals This text comes with access to a companion website containing web links, SAGE journal articles and more.

Book Moving Up in Academia

    Book Details:
  • Author : Esam El-Fakahany
  • Publisher : McFarland
  • Release : 2022-02-28
  • ISBN : 1476688052
  • Pages : 238 pages

Download or read book Moving Up in Academia written by Esam El-Fakahany and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-02-28 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are numerous publications available to help current or aspiring academic faculty members enhance their professional abilities. However, there is a distinct shortage of works that cover the several soft skills junior faculty must possess to be promoted to tenure. This text discusses conflict resolution, negotiation, mediation, time management, understanding the politics of academia and many other vital skills. This book was written to emphasize the significance of these skills and to help junior professors acquire and implement them to improve their chances of getting promoted and tenured. It also covers the promotion and tenure processes, as well as how to remain competitive even after achieving this coveted goal.

Book Academic Promotion for Clinicians

Download or read book Academic Promotion for Clinicians written by Anne Walling and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-11-10 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical guide to the appointment, promotion, and tenure (APT) process for clinical faculty members employed by medical schools. The number of clinical faculty members in US medical schools has increased exponentially in the last two decades. At the same time, faculty career tracks and promotion requirements have changed dramatically and medical schools have introduced multiple non-tenure career tracks. Currently, only about 25% of the approximately 150,000 members of clinical departments. This book provides insights and recommendations on career planning and academic promotion for clinical faculty members. It also addresses much of the “mythology” surrounding the APT process and demonstrates how academic promotion should be used as a career-building process rather than a daunting high-risk event. Topics include concepts and processes within academic promotion; navigating the academic promotion and tenure process; and managing the outcome of the APT application. Academic Promotion for Clinicians is a valuable resource for clinical medicine faculty members as they engage in and successfully handle the challenges in the APT process and thus realize their career goals.

Book Promotion and Tenure

    Book Details:
  • Author : William G. Tierney
  • Publisher : SUNY Press
  • Release : 1996-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780791429778
  • Pages : 180 pages

Download or read book Promotion and Tenure written by William G. Tierney and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Articulates salient problems of tenure-track faculty, especially women and faculty of color. Offers a new paradigm to delineate ways in which the academic community can help socialize younger faculty, and honor differences more readily.

Book How to Get Promoted

    Book Details:
  • Author : Times Higher Education Supplement
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2004
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 42 pages

Download or read book How to Get Promoted written by Times Higher Education Supplement and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Guide to Faculty Advancement

Download or read book Guide to Faculty Advancement written by Peter J. Bukalski and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Writing Effective Promotion Applications  Crafting Your Career in Academia

Download or read book Writing Effective Promotion Applications Crafting Your Career in Academia written by Anne-Wil Harzing and published by Working in Academia. This book was released on 2022-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to progress in academia? I provide you with practical, step-by-step guidance on writing effective promotion applications, leaving you better prepared to climb the academic career ladder. You will learn how to evidence that your research, teaching, and leadership has made a real difference and how to embed this evidence in an overall career narrative. I provide insights into how a promotion panel evaluates your application, explain why external promotion is easier to achieve than internal promotion, but also outline the advantages of internal promotion.

Book Tools for Dossier Success

Download or read book Tools for Dossier Success written by Joy J. Burnham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tools for Dossier Success demystifies the dossier process from start to finish. Written for faculty members at different points in their academic trajectory, this is a practical, step-by-step guide to planning, creating, and polishing the best possible representation of accumulated evidence and accomplishments in teaching, research, and service. The "how to" information offered here is essential for those seeking tenure or promotion from associate professor to professor, senior faculty serving as mentors, and graduate students planning an entrance into academia. Key features include: Relevant and useful information for faculty in diverse disciplines and settings A comprehensive six-step model to ensure the best representation of one’s work Tips and suggestions to help avoid common pitfalls Best practice examples from successful tenured faculty Steps for seeking out assistance from other faculty, mentors, and peers A balanced review of the "ups and downs" of the tenure process

Book Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education  Realigning  Recentering  and Rebuilding

Download or read book Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education Realigning Recentering and Rebuilding written by Schnackenberg, Heidi L. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stabilizing and Empowering Women in Higher Education: Realigning, Recentering, and Rebuilding is a book that addresses the challenges faced by women leaders in higher education during the current pandemic. The book is written by experts in the field and draws on emerging evidence-based practices and personal narratives to provide insights into strategies for emotional balance, self-care, and wellbeing for women leaders. It explores the challenges faced by women leaders in higher education and offers solutions for their wellbeing, including reframing and reinventing oneself during the pandemic. This volume is an essential read for women in leadership, faculty, administrators, professional staff, graduate students, and researchers. It provides valuable information and perspectives on creating access for marginalized groups, using roles as women leaders to create change, and nurturing and empowering women in leadership. Overall, it is a persuasive and powerful book that will help readers to realign, recenter, and rebuild in their personal and professional lives.

Book Women in Ophthalmology

    Book Details:
  • Author : Christina Y. Weng
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release : 2021-03-02
  • ISBN : 3030593355
  • Pages : 366 pages

Download or read book Women in Ophthalmology written by Christina Y. Weng and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are nearly 24,000 ophthalmologists in the United States, with 500 physicians newly entering the ophthalmology field each year and approximately half of those being women. Although women now represent approximately half of all ophthalmologists, gender disparities remain when it comes to certain subspecialties (e.g., surgical retina), leadership roles (e.g., department chairs), industry involvement (e.g., consultancy and advisory board positions), and even academic publications. There has been a recently heightened interest in female representation in this field which has manifested in several ways (e.g., conferences geared towards women in ophthalmology, non-peer-reviewed publications about women in ophthalmology, and mentorship programs specifically for women). This book is the first of its kind in procuring and disseminating information—pertaining to both career and life—in an organized, concrete, and enduring way. Women in Ophthalmology is a comprehensive collection of chapters primarily written by women in the field of ophthalmology. The book aims to guide others through milestones and challenges women may face during their careers, and shares sound insights into how to deal with unique issues both inside and outside the workplace. Topics that are widely applicable to all who work in ophthalmology are included, such as finding mentors, collaborating within industry, handling work-life balance, and seeking out leadership opportunities. Each chapter combines personal anecdotes with knowledge from leaders in the field which both men and women will find highly valuable.

Book Success After Tenure

Download or read book Success After Tenure written by Vicki L. Baker and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together leading practitioners and scholars engaged in professional development programming for and research on mid-career faculty members. The chapters focus on key areas of career development and advancement that can enhance both individual growth and institutional change to better support mid-career faculties.The mid-career stage is the longest segment of the faculty career and it contains the largest cohort of faculty. Also, mid-career faculty are tasked with being the next generation of faculty leaders and mentors on their respective campuses, with little to no supports to do so effectively, at a time when higher education continues to face unprecedented challenges while managing continued goal of diversifying both the student and faculty bodies.The stories, examples, data, and resources shared in this book will provide inspiration--and reality checks--to the administrators, faculty developers, and department chairs charged with better supporting their faculties as they engage in academic work. Current and prospective faculty members will learn about trends in mid-career faculty development resources, see examples of how to create such supports when they are lacking on their campuses, and gain insights on how to strategically advance their own careers based on the realities of the professoriate.The book features a variety of institution types: community colleges, regional/comprehensive institutions, liberal arts colleges, public research universities, ivy league institutions, international institutions, and those with targeted missions such as HSI/MSI and Jesuit.Topics include faculty development for formal and informal leadership roles; strategies to support professional growth, renewal, time and people management; teaching and learning as a form of scholarship; the role of learning communities and networks as a source of support and professional revitalization; global engagement to support scholarship and teaching; strategies to recruit, retain, and promote underrepresented faculty populations; the policy-practice connection; and gender differences related to key mid-career outcomes.While the authors acknowledge that the challenges facing the mid-career stage are numerous and varying, they offer a counter narrative by looking at ways that faculty and/or institutions can assert themselves to find opportunities within challenging contexts. They suggest that these challenges highlight priority mentoring areas, and support the creation of new and innovative faculty development supports at institutional, departmental, and individual levels.

Book Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa

Download or read book Quality Assessment and Enhancement in Higher Education in Africa written by Peter Neema-Abooki and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-12-16 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores quality assessment and enhancement in higher education in Africa to illustrate the need to develop quality practices in measuring effective education and continually search for permanent improvement. The book demonstrates that technological and socio-economic trends, innovations, and inventions of the twenty-first century demand that additional attention be placed upon education for national, regional, and international development. Since conventions for quality assessment and enhancement need to be defined and systematic structures constructed to develop quality practices, the book shows how quality in higher education within Africa has been established and advanced to provide a framework for monitoring, auditing, and reviewing assessment and enhancement. Though the book considers African complexities and diversity, it incorporates global trends and utilises an international focus that enables readers to devise appropriate strategies for developing and enhancing quality and standards in higher education in both continental Africa and beyond. Illustrating why quality assessment and enhancement should be embraced in all aspects including inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes in educational settings globally, this book will be of interest to policymakers and scholars in the fields of Higher Education, Quality and Global Studies, African Education, African Studies and Management and Administration, Leadership and Professional Development Studies.

Book Good Work If You Can Get It

Download or read book Good Work If You Can Get It written by Jason Brennan and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it really take to get a job in academia? Do you want to go to graduate school? Then you're in good company: nearly 80,000 students will begin pursuing a PhD this year alone. But while almost all new PhD students say they want to work in academia, most are destined for something else. The hard truth is that half will quit or fail to get their degree, and most graduates will never find a full-time academic job. In Good Work If You Can Get It, Jason Brennan combines personal experience with the latest higher education research to help you understand what graduate school and the academy are really like. This candid, pull-no-punches book answers questions big and small, including • Should I go to graduate school—and what will I do once I get there? • How much does a PhD cost—and should I pay for one? • What does it take to succeed in graduate school? • What kinds of jobs are there after grad school—and who gets them? • What happens to the people who never get full-time professorships? • What does it take to be productive, to publish continually at a high level? • What does it take to teach many classes at once? • How does "publish or perish" work? • How much do professors get paid? • What do search committees look for, and what turns them off? • How do I know which journals and book publishers matter? • How do I balance work and life? This realistic, data-driven look at university teaching and research will help make your graduate and postgraduate experience a success. Good Work If You Can Get It is the guidebook that anyone considering graduate school, already in grad school, starting as a new professor, or advising graduate students needs. Read it, and you will come away ready to hit the ground running.