1. How Professors View Academia

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. 1. How Professors View Academia 1
5. 2. Graduate School 5
6. 3. Turning Point 11
7. 4. How Teachers Succeed 16
8. 5. Teaching Graduate Students to Teach 29
9. 6. Changing Departmental Culture 33
10. 7. The Administration 38
11. 8. Choosing Administrators 42
12. 9. Curricular Structure 46
13. 10. The Case for Liberal Education 50
14. 11. Requirements 55
15. 12. Distribution Requirements 59
16. 13. A Core Curriculum 64
17. 14. Departments 73
18. 15. Appointments 76
19. 16. Tenure and Academic Freedom 81
20. 17. A Tenure Case 85
21. 18. Autonomy 90
22. Notes 95
23. Index 99
24. About the Author 105