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New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners (Paperback)

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Key Phrases: faculty novices, faculty newcomers, advising duties, First Amendment, American Association of University Professors, Personal Accounts of Careers (more...)
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"Any book of advice is subject to the reader's experience. Its worth is measured by the degree to which the reader agrees with the authors' suggestions. Lucas and Murry offer advice that most seasoned faculty would agree with. The authors believe that faculty can couple good judgment with their sound advice for the improvement of the academic enterprise. This is a strong and hopeful work." --Robert B. Young, Professor and Chair, Counseling & Higher Education, Ohio University
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"Any book of advice is subject to the reader's experience. Its worth is measured by the degree to which the reader agrees with the authors' suggestions. Lucas and Murry offer advice that most seasoned faculty would agree with. The authors believe that faculty can couple good judgment with their sound advice for the improvement of the academic enterprise. This is a strong and hopeful work." --Robert B. Young, Professor and Chair, Counseling & Higher Education, Ohio University

". . .a clearly structured, accessible, and informative primer targeted to full-time faculty members, particularly those in the early years of their appointment. It holds a distinctive place within the growing body of literature on faculty development . . . [T]he authors' ability to weave their attentiveness to the actual questions and concerns most frequently posed by new faculty members into the fabric of academic life contributes enormously to the credibility of the book. . . Many of us will be grateful for the effort."--Bernadette McNary-Zak, Rhodes College

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  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan (April 20, 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312295375
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312295370
  • Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #897,148 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars It's not easy being the new guy . . ., December 3, 2003
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It can be difficult making the transition from graduate student to college professor, and in nearly all colleges and universities -- unless you're one of the fortunate few to be adopted by a talented mentor -- you have to do most of it all by yourself, with only the occasional anecdotal assistance from other newbies. Even though all your more senior colleagues made the same journey from chrysalis to butterfly (or moth, in many cases), they quickly forget the tribulations of the process, and so there is little or nothing in the way of meaningful orientation offered at most schools. I had high hopes for this not-thick volume as a useful manual to assist the newly appointed instructor, and it indeed does the service of bringing a lot of material together in one place, but a reader who has been thinking and reading about the subject for a few years will find nothing original here. All the advice on teaching methods, advising students, why and how to get yourself published, why and how to pursue grant money, and the great and foggy subject of "faculty service" has been cribbed from other (presumably more original) authors. However, the thing I found particularly off-putting about this book is that all of it is couched in a self-conscious vocabulary and phrasing that almost serves as a model of academic-speak. And that's not a compliment!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Just what it advertises, January 23, 2006
This book is just what it advertises - it is good down-to-earth and practical advice for those just starting out on their teaching careers. I've been teaching for several years but I found a good number of ideas in here to help orient our new faculty. I have just pulled every book in the library I could find on preparing faculty to instruct and this one was the best of the entire pile. I think it should be read by everyone just starting their teaching career.
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