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Life on the tenure track : lessons from the first year
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Life on the tenure track : lessons from the first year

Author: James M Lang
Publisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©2005.
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"Lang narrates the story of his first year on the tenure track with wit and wisdom, detailing his moments of confusion, frustration, even elation - in the classroom, at his writing desk, during his office hours, in departmental meetings - as well as his insights into the lives and working conditions of faculty in higher education today. Life on the Tenure Track will delight and enlighten faculty, graduate students,  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Lang, James M.
Life on the tenure track.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2005
(OCoLC)607170077
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James M Lang
ISBN: 0801881021 9780801881022 080188103X 9780801881039
OCLC Number: 56560701
Description: xiv, 186 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: Prologue: Befor (and After) the Beginning --
August, beginning --
September, teaching --
October, writing --
November, serving --
December, grading --
January (and a little bit of February), hiring --
February, living --
March, (student) relating --
April, figuring it out, parts one and two --
May, housecleaning --
June, settling in (or just settling?) --
July, affirming --
August redux, beginning again.
Responsibility: James M. Lang.
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"Lang narrates the story of his first year on the tenure track with wit and wisdom, detailing his moments of confusion, frustration, even elation - in the classroom, at his writing desk, during his office hours, in departmental meetings - as well as his insights into the lives and working conditions of faculty in higher education today. Life on the Tenure Track will delight and enlighten faculty, graduate students, and administrators alike."--BOOK JACKET.

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