Ferocious resolve : politics, courage, and what it's like to be a professor
This is a critical examination of the people who teach and produce research and scholarship in our institutions of higher education. The insights revealed through probing interviews with individual professors who have made careers in the halls of academia help readers understand the politics, power...
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
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Bingley, U.K. :
Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, Inc.,
2015.
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| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 9781806611836 |
| DOI | 10.1108/978-1-62396-923-3 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (169 pages) : illustrations |
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Acknowledgements -- Foreword by joel spring -- Chapter 1. Prologue by robert stout -- Chapter 2. What does a professor do? -- Chapter 2. Who are these people? -- Chapter 1. Seeking, seeing, and seizing opportunity -- Chapter 3. Capital and the politics of fit -- Chapter 4. The rules -- Chapter 5. Courage and core values -- Chapter 6. Recognizing the harbinger -- Chapter 7. The best advice -- Afterword by james paul gee -- References -- Index -- Appendix. | |
| 506 | |a Plný text je dostupný pouze z IP adres počítačů Univerzity Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně nebo vzdáleným přístupem pro zaměstnance a studenty | ||
| 520 | |a This is a critical examination of the people who teach and produce research and scholarship in our institutions of higher education. The insights revealed through probing interviews with individual professors who have made careers in the halls of academia help readers understand the politics, power struggles and perils, both large and small, which shape the modern university. Given the important role these institutions play in our society, such an examination is not only helpful, but essential. This book is a helpful primer for faculty looking to build a career and those interested in understanding how professors are tasked in their profession. | ||
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