Paths to the Professoriate: Strategies for Enriching the Preparation of Future Faculty (Jossey-Bass Higher and Adult Education Series) [Hardcover]

Donald H. Wulff (Author), Ann E. Austin (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787966347 | ISBN-13: 978-0787966348 | Publication Date: March 29, 2004 | Edition: 1

Paths to the Professoriate offers all those involved in higher education—everyone from administrators to scholars to graduate students—a much-needed resource that brings together major research, the most important developments in practice, and informed analysis on improving graduate education and preparing the future faculty. This important book includes chapters from some of the best-known researchers, practitioners, and scholars working to prepare the faculty of the future.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The next generation of college and university faculty members will face many new challenges and opportunities—from enhancing teaching and learning among an increasingly diverse student population, to utilizing new teaching and learning technologies for preparing students to pursue rapidly evolving career options on domestic and global scales. This volume addresses these challenges and provides insights into what the nation’s graduate schools must do in order to prepare this new faculty for a new generation.”
—Orlando L. Taylor, vice provost for research and dean, graduate school, Howard University

“Exceptionally simulating and comprehensive, Paths to the Professoriate offers a synthesis of research findings on the graduate student experience and provides vivid examples of a number of models of good practice in graduate education. Wulff, Austin and their colleagues offers a resource that beautifully distills what is known and what needs to be done to ensure that the next generation of faculty is well prepared. I hope and assume that it will have a wide readership among scholars, teachers, and administrators. This extraordinary compendium of information and perspectives is sure to illuminate future research, practice, and policy.”
—Mary Deane Sorcinelli, associate provost and director, Center for Teaching, University of Massachusetts Amherst

“By highlighting key findings from significant national studies and describing innovative strategies that are improving doctoral education, this book is an indispensable tool for current and future faculty members. The volume addresses the great national need for preparing professors who are highly qualified and motivated to fulfill all aspects of their faculty roles.”
—Anika E. Sandy-Hanson, past president, National Association of Graduate-Professional Students

“Many higher education and campus leaders value preparing graduate students for faculty roles; this book is the guidebook to enact that commitment. The foundation of research-driven evidence coupled with practical experiences provides the tools we need to change graduate education to better fit with the needs of hiring institutions, and the new Ph.D.’s who will work there.”
—Caral B. Howery, deputy executive officer, American Sociological Association

From the Inside Flap

It has been estimated that in the next ten years, about half of the current higher education faculty will retire. How can we best prepare the next generation of faculty members to fill this tremendous gap in our educational system?

Paths to the Professoriate offers all those involved in higher education–everyone from administrators to scholars to graduate students–a much-needed resource that brings together major research, the most important developments in practice, and informed analysis on improving graduate education and preparing the future faculty. This important book includes chapters from some of the best-known researchers, practitioners, and scholars working to prepare the faculty of the future.

In one volume, the authors offer a synthesis of what has been learned about the challenges and concerns in graduate education as preparation for faculty careers, highlight the various projects and approaches for improving graduate education, and identify strategies for institutional leaders, department chairs, faculty advisors, and graduate students. Paths to the Professoriate:

• Presents important reasons for considering ways to improve the preparation of the next generation of faculty
• Describes research studies concerning the graduate school experience
• Highlights illustrative examples of innovative programs and projects
• Provides a synthesis of key lessons from the research and projects addressing the preparation of future faculty

This solidly research-based book covers such vital topics as: the lack of systematic developmentally organized preparation for those aspiring to teaching careers in higher education; graduate students’ perceptions of their graduate experiences and their preparation for faculty work; particular challenges confronting Black doctoral students; reasons students leave doctoral study; programs to prepare graduate students for roles as teaching scholars and engaged citizens; strategies to help graduate students and faculty members identify mutual goals and resolve conflicts; and much more.

Paths to the Professoriate offers all those concerned with the fate of higher education a valuable resource for the future.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (March 29, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787966347
• ISBN-13: 978-0787966348
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,309,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)