This volume provides practical advice for academics, especially those entering the profession at smaller institutions of higher education, to help them deal with some of the changes that are affecting the face of academia today.
| Foreword | |
| Preface | |
| Surviving the Transition | p. 1 |
| Beyond the Graduate School: Making the Transition to Educator | p. 23 |
| Beyond the Seminar Paper: Research and the New Academic | p. 45 |
| Service and the Academy | p. 63 |
| Developing the Whole Scholar | p. 79 |
| Moving From Advisee to Advisor | p. 93 |
| Networking and the Professional | p. 109 |
| Preparing for Tenure | p. 127 |
| Other Issues: Hiring, Adjuncts, and Affirmative Action | p. 147 |
| Author Index | p. 169 |
| Subject Index | p. 173 |
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