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The Phdictionary
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Author : Herb Childress
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2016-05-02
The Phdictionary written by Herb Childress and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-02 with Education categories.
Navigating academia can seem like a voyage through a foreign land: strange cultural rules dictate everyday interactions, new vocabulary awaits at every turn, and the feeling of being an outsider is unshakable. For students considering doctoral programs and doctoral students considering faculty life, The PhDictionary is a lighthearted companion that illuminates the often opaque customs of academic life. With more than two decades as a doctoral student, college teacher, and administrator, Herb Childress has tripped over almost every possible misunderstood term, run up against every arcane practice, and developed strategies to deal with them all. He combines current data and personal stories into memorable definitions of 150 key phrases and concepts graduate students will need to know (or pretend to know) as they navigate their academic careers. From ABD to white paper—and with buyout, FERPA, gray literature, and soft money in between—each entry contains a helpful definition and plenty of relevant advice. Wry and knowledgeable, Childress is the perfect guide for anyone hoping to scale the ivory tower.
Doing Honest Work In College Third Edition
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Author : Charles Lipson
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-01-25
Doing Honest Work In College Third Edition written by Charles Lipson and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-01-25 with Reference categories.
Doing Honest Work in College stands on three principles: do the work you say you do, give others credit, and present your research fairly. These are straightforward concepts, but the abundance of questionable online sources and temptation of a quick copy-paste can cause confusion as to what’s considered citing and what’s considered cheating. This guide starts out by clearly defining plagiarism and other forms of academic dishonesty and then gives students the tools they need to avoid those pitfalls. This edition addresses the acceptable use of mobile devices on tests, the proper approach to sources such as podcasts or social media posts, and the limitations of citation management software.
The Adjunct Underclass
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Author : Herb Childress
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-04-24
The Adjunct Underclass written by Herb Childress and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-24 with Education categories.
Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once prep and grading are factored in, barely reaches minimum wage. Welcome to the life of the mind in the gig economy. Over the past few decades, the job of college professor has been utterly transformed—for the worse. America’s colleges and universities were designed to serve students and create knowledge through the teaching, research, and stability that come with the longevity of tenured faculty, but higher education today is dominated by adjuncts. In 1975, only thirty percent of faculty held temporary or part-time positions. By 2011, as universities faced both a decrease in public support and ballooning administrative costs, that number topped fifty percent. Now, some surveys suggest that as many as seventy percent of American professors are working course-to-course, with few benefits, little to no security, and extremely low pay. In The Adjunct Underclass, Herb Childress draws on his own firsthand experience and that of other adjuncts to tell the story of how higher education reached this sorry state. Pinpointing numerous forces within and beyond higher ed that have driven this shift, he shows us the damage wrought by contingency, not only on the adjunct faculty themselves, but also on students, the permanent faculty and administration, and the nation. How can we say that we value higher education when we treat educators like desperate day laborers? Measured but passionate, rooted in facts but sure to shock, The Adjunct Underclass reveals the conflicting values, strangled resources, and competing goals that have fundamentally changed our idea of what college should be. This book is a call to arms for anyone who believes that strong colleges are vital to society.
Getting In
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Author : Paris H. Grey
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2023-05-26
Getting In written by Paris H. Grey and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-26 with Business & Economics categories.
"For undergraduates in STEMM fields, the experience of working in a lab or other research position has become an increasingly important credential for many career paths. Landing such a position can be difficult, with hundreds of applicants for perhaps a dozen openings in the most competitive cases. But finding a meaningful research experience also involves knowing what to look for and how to present yourself effectively, skills that represent a hidden curriculum for many students. In this book, an expert lab manager and a longtime principal investigator share their secrets for securing these positions, both in summer undergraduate research programs and in labs operating during the academic year. They offer advice on the application and interview processes for undergraduates who often do not know how to prepare appropriately professional emails, cover letters, CVs, and interview responses. They address students in a wide variety of STEMM fields at both research-intensive universities and primarily undergraduate institutions. And they focus on how first-generation college students and those from low-income backgrounds and communities historically underrepresented in science can learn to negotiate the hidden curriculum and claim their place in research settings. This new edition also serves as a companion to the authors' social accounts, including @YouInTheLab and @TheLabMentor, where they offer advice on lab life at many levels"--
The Chicago Guide To College Science Teaching
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Author : Terry McGlynn
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2020-11-09
The Chicago Guide To College Science Teaching written by Terry McGlynn and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-09 with Education categories.
Higher education is a strange beast. Teaching is a critical skill for scientists in academia, yet one that is barely touched upon in their professional training—despite being a substantial part of their career. This book is a practical guide for anyone teaching STEM-related academic disciplines at the college level, from graduate students teaching lab sections and newly appointed faculty to well-seasoned professors in want of fresh ideas. Terry McGlynn’s straightforward, no-nonsense approach avoids off-putting pedagogical jargon and enables instructors to become true ambassadors for science. For years, McGlynn has been addressing the need for practical and accessible advice for college science teachers through his popular blog Small Pond Science. Now he has gathered this advice as an easy read—one that can be ingested and put to use on short deadline. Readers will learn about topics ranging from creating a syllabus and developing grading rubrics to mastering online teaching and ensuring safety during lab and fieldwork. The book also offers advice on cultivating productive relationships with students, teaching assistants, and colleagues.
The Myths Of Measurement And Meritocracy
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Author : J. M. Beach
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2021-09-15
The Myths Of Measurement And Meritocracy written by J. M. Beach and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-15 with Education categories.
This book examines the idea of educational accountability in higher education, which has become a new secular gospel. But do accountability policies actually make colleges better? What if educational accountability tools don’t actually measure what they’re supposed to? What if accountability data isn’t valid, or worse, what if it’s meaningless? What if administrators don’t know how to use accountability tools or correctly analyze the problematic data these tools produce? What if we can’t measure, let alone accurately assess, what matters most with teaching or student learning. What if students don’t learn much in college? What if higher education was never designed to produce student learning? What if college doesn’t help most students, either personally or economically? What if higher education isn’t meritocratic, actually exacerbates inequality, and makes the lives of disadvantaged students even worse? This book will answer these questions with a wide, interdisciplinary range of the latest scientific research.
Life And Research
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Author : Paris H. Grey
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2022-10-24
Life And Research written by Paris H. Grey and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-24 with Science categories.
Life in a research lab can be daunting, especially for early-career scientists. Personal and professional hurdles abound in bench research, and this book by two seasoned lab professionals is here to help graduate students, postdocs, and staff scientists recognize stumbling blocks and avoid common pitfalls. Building and maintaining a mentoring network, practicing self-care and having a life outside of the lab, understanding that what works perfectly for a labmate might not work for you—these are just a few of the strategies that lab manager and molecular biologist Paris H. Grey and PI and geneticist David G. Oppenheimer wished they had implemented far sooner in their careers. They also offer practical advice on managing research projects, sharing your work on social media, and attending conferences. Above all, they coach early-career scientists to avoid burnout and make the most of every lab experience to grow and learn.
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Author : 赫伯‧柴爾德瑞斯(Herb Childress)
language : zh-CN
Publisher: 麥田
Release Date : 2020-10-29
written by 赫伯‧柴爾德瑞斯(Herb Childress) and has been published by 麥田 this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-29 with Social Science categories.
美國高等教育正全面崩壞，臺灣未來也將避無可避！？ 范雲（立法委員、臺灣大學社會學系副教授）、番紅花（親職作家）、管中祥（中正大學傳播學系教授）、藍佩嘉（臺灣大學社會學系教授、《拚教養》作者）、顏擇雅（出版人、作家） 一致推薦（按姓氏筆畫排序） 當兼任取代專任、約聘取代終身聘、大學變成企業、學生變成消費者， 大學教師跟所謂的授課內容，不過僅是「以最低價格提供的商品」， 二十一世紀的高等教育將走向何方？ 你可知道，在全美── ◇ 大學裡的終身聘教授從1975年的45%下滑到如今的25%。 ◇ 博士人數從1960年代的9000多人飆升至1975年的3萬2千多人，2015年更成長到5萬5千多人。 ◇ 無論學校排名好壞，平均每一個大學教師職缺有11.5個博士在競爭。 ◇ 高達70%的教師是按課堂數計酬，沒有福利，甚至沒有保險，然而一心擠進學術窄門的博士人數仍未減少。 本書是對美國高教體制最犀利而沉痛的近身觀察，深入探討當今美國在大學公司化、教師商品化以及全國少子化的衝擊下，兼任教師與研究生如何成為教育生產線上的作業員，而此事又將如何促使高等教育品質更加低落，最後造成校方、教授與學生三方皆輸。 一如臺灣，數十年來，美國高中生進入大學的比例急遽增加，在資金考量之下，對學生成績篩選並不嚴格的中後段班大學更容易聘請約聘教師來上課。廣設大學也使學校深受全國出生率起伏所影響，當九○年代新生兒人數減少的這批人在二○一○年陸續進入大學後，大多數學校便面臨招生人數不足的窘境。如今美國大學有很大比例都由兼任老師來教學，其中一個理由便是為了因應起伏不定的註冊率。 隨著博士供給過剩，即使二流大學也有許多名校博士前來申請教職，因為名校博士已無法全部進入一流大學教書。在新自由主義席捲全球的影響之下，零工經濟取代傳統商業模式，美國的高等教育系統似乎也無法倖免，即使身在學術殿堂，兼任教師同樣只能淪為按件計酬的臨時工。 單從市場角度來看，這是供需失衡的現象，大學培養出太多博士，就業市場上對應的職缺卻太少。除此之外，學生註冊人數起伏不定、政府與私人機構補助變少、「希望勞動」常態化、嬰兒潮衝擊等因素，在在都加劇兼任教師的困境，也反映出他們的問題只是整體大環境惡化的縮影。不過，教育並不能與一般行業畫上等號，當傳統上需要長時間沉潛於學術研究的教授或博士逐漸失去在這個時代存活的條件，隨之而來的，是知識的斷裂與扁平化。 「史達林曾說過：『一個人死是悲劇，但一百萬人死就只是統計。』……我要做的事是把個人的悲劇放到一個更大的脈絡裡，幫我們了解高等教育的系統缺陷可能為何，就這麼簡單。」這是柴爾德瑞斯在接受訪談時提到他寫作本書的初衷，用「社會學想像」的說法，他是在試圖找出個人苦難背後的制度性因素。 他在本書裡談的是大學的輓歌，一種我們所熟知的大學樣貌，一種一去不復返的大學樣貌。唯有看清這個現實，才能夠免於將這一切歸於個人失敗。早在臺灣博士滿街走之前，美國大學崩潰與瓦解的跡象在二十年前就已經顯露端倪。一項職業（大學教授）是如何消失的？大學又是如何沉淪？作者雖從個人的經歷來回答上述問題，但本書並不只限於個人體驗。為了使解釋更具說服力，附錄中亦使用各種數據來證明美國高等教育的風雲變化。柴爾德瑞斯以其親身經驗出發，對高等教育的前因後果提出細緻分析與批判，最終宗旨仍在於重新尋回大學的真正價值。對於仍在學術之路上匍匐前進的研究生們，他則是提供了最實用的生存之道。 │本書特色│ 作者對於想要攻讀博士或渴望在大學尋覓教職者提出了珍貴的建言，也對美國大學的崩壞問題做出精闢而詳細的診斷，是有心從事學術研究者必讀之書。 │各界推薦│ 《兼任下流》是對美國高等教育的心碎控訴。在本書的結語中，柴爾德瑞斯回憶起自己無法找到永久教職的記憶……（他）悔恨於自己的失敗，但他不該如此。這次失敗讓他得以自由地真實寫出少有他人看見的不正義。——《華爾街日報》（Wall Street Journal） ……柴爾德瑞斯指稱，高等教育的生態系統被數百萬個錯誤的決定所摧毀，雖然會有許多人不同意他對這場災難誕生原因的看法，但閱讀本書讓我們得以投入一種連連看以及關係修補的過程，這是作者敦促我們所進行的。這樣一來，我們可能可以重新恢復高等教育的生態系統，並消除「兼任下流」這個階級。——《美國大學教授協會》（American Association of University Professors） 《兼任下流》是一本全面且必要的作品。柴爾德瑞斯帶著真正的熱情所寫，即使如此，文字還是沉著冷靜：一直讀到最後，我才意識到他也一直受到自己描寫的那個體系所折磨。他完全可以憤怒，也可以悲傷，而他也沒有壓抑自己的情感。透過作者所檢視的學院，一切如實呈現。《兼任下流》豐富且清楚地說出，我們現在做的完全沒用。從如實的分析到內心的感觸，最後得出具人道關懷的結論，本書帶著我們看清事實，並且走向正確的道路。 ——李歐納‧卡蘇托（Leonard Cassuto），《一團亂的研究所：原因與解方》（Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It）作者 這絕對是本精彩之作。從某層面來說，作者從批判的角度分析目前美國高等教育生態中約聘老師受到的剝削。但我這樣的描述是太過和緩、過於公正且太過平實了，無法傳達出本書是多麼有力量。作者的寫作處處流露出睿智、風趣、憤怒與挖苦。他讓讀者瞭解、讓讀者投入、讓讀者憤怒、也讓讀者開心、讓讀者捨不得把書放下，從讓人眼睛為之一亮的前言一路讀到動人的結語。 ——大衛‧拉巴里（David F. Labaree），《完美的亂象：美國高等教育的絕地突起》（A Perfect Mess: The Unlikely Ascendancy of American Higher Education）作者
The Adjunct Underclass
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Author : Herb Childress
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2019-03-29
The Adjunct Underclass written by Herb Childress and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-29 with Education categories.
Class ends. Students pack up and head back to their dorms. The professor, meanwhile, goes to her car . . . to catch a little sleep, and then eat a cheeseburger in her lap before driving across the city to a different university to teach another, wholly different class. All for a paycheck that, once prep and grading are factored in, barely reaches minimum wage. Welcome to the life of the mind in the gig economy. Over the past few decades, the job of college professor has been utterly transformed—for the worse. America’s colleges and universities were designed to serve students and create knowledge through the teaching, research, and stability that come with the longevity of tenured faculty, but higher education today is dominated by adjuncts. In 1975, only thirty percent of faculty held temporary or part-time positions. By 2011, as universities faced both a decrease in public support and ballooning administrative costs, that number topped fifty percent. Now, some surveys suggest that as many as seventy percent of American professors are working course-to-course, with few benefits, little to no security, and extremely low pay. In The Adjunct Underclass, Herb Childress draws on his own firsthand experience and that of other adjuncts to tell the story of how higher education reached this sorry state. Pinpointing numerous forces within and beyond higher ed that have driven this shift, he shows us the damage wrought by contingency, not only on the adjunct faculty themselves, but also on students, the permanent faculty and administration, and the nation. How can we say that we value higher education when we treat educators like desperate day laborers? Measured but passionate, rooted in facts but sure to shock, The Adjunct Underclass reveals the conflicting values, strangled resources, and competing goals that have fundamentally changed our idea of what college should be. This book is a call to arms for anyone who believes that strong colleges are vital to society.
Behind The Academic Curtain
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Author : Frank F. Furstenberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-09-23
Behind The Academic Curtain written by Frank F. Furstenberg and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-23 with Education categories.
More people than ever are going to graduate school to seek a PhD these days. When they get there, they discover a bewildering environment: a rapid immersion in their discipline, a keen competition for resources, and uncertain options for their future, whether inside or outside of academia. Life with a PhD can begin to resemble an unsolvable maze. In Behind the Academic Curtain, Frank F. Furstenberg offers a clear and user-friendly map to this maze. Drawing on decades of experience in academia, he provides a comprehensive, empirically grounded, and, most important of all, practical guide to academic life. While the greatest anxieties for PhD candidates and postgrads are often centered on getting that tenure-track dream job, each stage of an academic career poses a series of distinctive problems. Furstenberg divides these stages into five chapters that cover the entire trajectory of an academic life, including how to make use of a PhD outside of academia. From finding the right job to earning tenure, from managing teaching loads to conducting research, from working on committees to easing into retirement, he illuminates all the challenges and opportunities an academic can expect to encounter. Each chapter is designed for easy consultation, with copious signposts, helpful suggestions, and a bevy of questions that all academics should ask themselves throughout their career, whether at a major university, junior college, or a nonacademic organization. An honest and up-to-date portrayal of how this life really works, Behind the Academic Curtain is an essential companion for any scholar, at any stage of his or her career.