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With a perpetually tight job market, the road to an academic career can be a rocky and frustrating one. There are lots of questions, and this book attempts to provide good, frank answers to them.

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Part I Becoming a scholar: deciding on an academic career; entering graduate school; the mentor; writing a dissertation; landing an academic job. Part II The academic profession: the life of the assistant professor; teaching and research; tenure; competition in the university system and outside offers; the personal side of academic life.

The Chicago Guide to Your Academic Career

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    A Paperback / softback by John A. Goldsmith, John Komlos, Penny Schine Gold

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      Publisher The University of Chicago Press
      Published 1 August 2001
      ISBN-13 9780226301518
      978-0226301518
      ISBN-10 0226301516
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With a perpetually tight job market, the road to an academic career can be a rocky and frustrating one. There are lots of questions, and this book attempts to provide good, frank answers to them.

      Table of Contents
      Part I Becoming a scholar: deciding on an academic career; entering graduate school; the mentor; writing a dissertation; landing an academic job. Part II The academic profession: the life of the assistant professor; teaching and research; tenure; competition in the university system and outside offers; the personal side of academic life.

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