Academic's Handbook

A. Leigh DeNeef is Professor of English at Duke University. He was Associate Dean of the Graduate School at Duke for more than twenty years.Craufurd D. Goodwin is the James B. Duke Professor of Economics at Duke University, where he has served as Vice Provost, Dean of the Graduate School, and Acting Chair of the Economics Department.

“[E]ven experienced academics and senior scholars will find many sections of this book thought provoking and engaging. , , , [T]he editors have done an admirable job of carefully crafting a revised edition that reflects the trends and changes in higher education. . . . Many misconceptions about the profession and about what professors do could be avoided were graduate programs to give each student a copy of this book. The book should also be on the shelves of college and university libraries of all sizes. While it is sometimes said that there is no one busier than a first-year faculty member, this is one book that just such a person will find hard to put down.” - Grant U. Rich (Academe)

• Preface to the Third Edition vii1. Loving the Academic's Vocation, Institutions and All: A Retrospective Appreciation of the Colloquium on The Academic's Handbook / L. Gregory Jones 1Part I. The Academy and the Academic 2. Faculty in the Variety of American Colleges and Universities / Jerry G. Graff 113. Small is . . . Different: A Guide for Newcomers to Small Colleges / Samuel Schuman 224. The Morality of Teaching / Stanley Hauwerwas 385. Women in Academia (With Updated Afterword) / Emily Toth 476. Minority Faculty in (Mainstream White) Academia / Nellie Y. McKay 62Part II. Some Issues in the Academy Today 7. Fads and Fashions on Campus: Interdisciplinarity and Internationalization / Craufurd D. Goodwin 798. Free Speech and Academic Freedom / Ronald R. Butters 879. Anticipating and Avoiding Misperceptions of Harassment 9810. The Responsible Conduct of Academic Research / P. Aarne Vesilind 112Part III. Academic Employment 11. On Getting a Job / Henry M. Wilbur 12312. The Job Market: An Overview / Sudhir Shetty 13613. Off-Track Vetting / John G. Cross and Edie N. Goldenberg 14414. The Tenure System / Matthew W. Finkin 15515. Some Tips on Getting Tenure / Craufurd D. Goodwin 16816. Academic Salaries and Benefits / A. Leigh DeNeef 176Part IV. Teaching and Advising 17. The Nuts and Bolts of Running a Lecture Course / Norman L. Christensen 20318. Why I Teach by Discussion / Anne Firor Scott 21219. New Faculty Members and Advising / Elizabeth Studley Nathans 21720. Some Thoughts on Faculty Mentoring / A. Leigh DeNeef 22921. Considering the Impact of Technology in Teaching and Learning / Patrick M. Murphy 236Part V. Funding Academic Research 22. Corporate Relations and Foundation Fundraising / Beth A. Eastlick and Zachary B. Robbins 25123. Securing Funding from Federal Sources / Judith K. Argon 26024. New Academics and the Quest for Private Funds / Fred E. Crossland 278Part VI. Publishing Research 25. On Writing Scholarly Articles / Louis J. Budd 29126. Publishing in Science / Boyd R. Strain 30627. Academic Book Publishing / Cathy N. Davidson and Ken Wissoker 31528. The Modern Research Library / Deborah L. Jakubs and Paul L. Conway 334Part VII. Academic Communities and Administrations 29. University Governance and Autonomy: Who Decides What in the University / A. Kenneth Pye 34930. The Role of the Department in the Groves of Academe / Joel Colton 36731. The Academic Community / Philip Stewart 387Selected Further Readings 395Contributors 399Index 403