Hardback | |
June 10, 2009 | |
9780801891311 | |
English | |
320 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
1.3 Pounds (US) | |
1.3 Pounds (US) | |
$52.00 USD, £38.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
December 1, 2009 | |
9780801896408 | |
9780801891311 | |
English | |
320 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
$52.00 USD, £38.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Professing to Learn
Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University
Professing to Learn explores university professors' scholarly growth and learning in the years immediately following the award of tenure, a crucial period that has a lasting impact on the academic career. Some launch from this point to multiple accomplishments and accolades, while others falter, their academic pursuits stalled. What contributes to these different outcomes?
Drawing on interviews with seventy-eight professors in diverse disciplines and fields at five major American research universities, Anna Neumann describes how tenured faculty shape and disseminate their own disciplinary knowledge while attending committee meetings, grading exams, holding office hours, administering programs and departments, and negotiating with colleagues. By exploring the intellectual activities pursued by these faculty and their ongoing efforts to develop and define their academic interests, Professing to Learn directs the attention of higher education professionals and policy makers to the core aim of higher education: the creation of academic knowledge through research, teaching, and service.
About the Author
Reviews
"A new perspective on the faculty career . . . Neumann provides the reader with an elegant and reverent understanding of this often misunderstood time in the career lives of faculty members while at the same time reminding us why we do what we do."—Teachers College Record
"This book should be read by all university leaders, policy makers, and professors because it sheds light on one of the most important aspects of higher education."—Peter Grabe, Teaching Theology and Religion
"By exploring the lives of newly tenured professors, Anna Neumann provides a compelling picture of the modern university itself. Animating her work and adding to its value is her belief that scholarly learning, or passionate thought, is nothing less than the 'heart of the university enterprise.' Professing to Learn is wise, humane, and sensible, and it will guide all of us who believe in the necessary and profound attractions of learning."—Catharine R. Stimpson, New York University
"An unusually nuanced, textured look at this special group of faculty who have recently 'passed the test' and been awarded tenure."—Jack Schuster, coauthor of The American Faculty: The Restructuring of Academic Work and Careers
"Neumann's insightful analysis of early post-tenure faculty explores critical uncharted territory, debunking myths about tenured faculty. In framing faculty as learners she underscores our need to cultivate this core intellectual resource. Neumann's work reveals what animates professors, as they seek, over time, to learn. A must read for scholars and policymakers."—Gary Rhoades, General Secretary, American Association of University Professors
The Johns Hopkins University Press | |
|
|
|
|
Hardback | |
June 10, 2009 | |
9780801891311 | |
English | |
320 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
1.3 Pounds (US) | |
1.3 Pounds (US) | |
$52.00 USD, £38.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Electronic book text | |
December 1, 2009 | |
9780801896408 | |
9780801891311 | |
English | |
320 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
$52.00 USD, £38.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Anna Neumann
Convergent Teaching
Redesigning Collegiate Leadership
Other Titles in EDUCATION / Higher
Transylvania
The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes
Higher Education and the American Dream
Other Titles in Higher & further education, tertiary education
Transylvania
The NCAA and the Exploitation of College Profit-Athletes
Shortchanged