Becoming an academic : International perspectives / Lynn McAlpine and Gerlese S. Akerlind
Imprint
Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010
Descript
xiv, 206 p ; 23 cm
CONTENT
Academic practice in a changing international landscape -- Expectations and experiences of aspiring and early career academics -- Developing as a researcher post-phd -- Employment patterns in and beyond one's discipline -- Doctoral students and a future in academe? -- Living and imagining academic identities -- Rethinking preparation for academic careers -- commentaries from early career academics, developers and administrators