ISBN:
9789462098459
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (XXIV, 184 p, online resource)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Series Statement:
Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2005-2017, ISBN: 9789004394001
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Forging a Rewarding Career in the Humanities: Advice for Academics
Keywords:
Education, Humanistic
;
Education, Higher Aims and objectives
;
Education
;
Education
Abstract:
Preliminary Material /Karla P. Zepeda and Ellen Mayock -- A New Walk /Lesley Wheeler -- Step Out of the Box /Michelle Durán-Ruiz -- Ten Tapas for a Career in the Humanities /Sheri Spaine Long and Jean W. Leloup -- The Generalist /Paul Hanstedt -- Humans and the Humanities in the Market Era /Mónica González García -- Marketing The Unmarketable /Katherine K. O’Sullivan -- Top Tips for Humanities Professionals from Humanities Professionals /Ellen Mayock and Karla P. Zepeda -- The Sanity Project /Michael F. Mcclure -- Transitioning from Secondary to Higher Ed /Mary Ann Dellinger -- Valuing Governance /Beatriz Trigo -- Halfway Up or Halfway Down /Elizabeth Kuebler-Wolf -- Finding Fulfilment through Self, Purpose and Community /Christa Bucklin -- Interview with Legal Counsel Mark E. GiaQuinta /Karla P. Zepeda -- About the Contributors /Karla P. Zepeda and Ellen Mayock -- Index /Karla P. Zepeda and Ellen Mayock.
Abstract:
As has been abundantly documented in the popular and academic press, the humanities are facing challenging times marked by national debate regarding the importance of the humanities in higher education, program and budget cuts, and an ever-decreasing number of tenure-track jobs. In addition, the humanities face quite literally a quantification of their value as the Academy adopts a more corporate mindset. This volume provides advice to professionals in the humanities on how to forge a useful, compelling, and productive career. The book’s 13 chapters address professional approaches to developing and maintaining an active research agenda, fomenting the ideals of the teacher-scholar model, managing the service demands within and outside the college or university, and navigating institutional politics. The collection offers practical and theoretical approaches to higher education, personal anecdotes, intelligent advice, and interviews with colleagues in the humanities. Specific themes addressed include the transition from graduate student to humanities professional, diverging from prescribed paths, the humanities professor as creative writer, moving from secondary to post-secondary education, humanities in an international, market-based context, and participation in governance structures. Cover photograph ‘Silent Flutes’ by Adilia D. Ortega
Description / Table of Contents:
TABLE OF CONTENTS; FOREWORD; ADVOCATING FOR A MORE VIBRANT HUMANITIES LANDSCAPE; MAKING SUBSTANTIVE ARGUMENTS FOR THE VALUE OF THE HUMANITIES; DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF THE HUMANITIES; REFERENCES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; THE HUMANITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS AND THE HUMANITIES; THE PROFESSIONAL AND THE PERSONAL; BUILDING A WELL-ROUNDED CAREER AND OVERCOMING OBSTACLES; REFERENCES; PART I:BUILDING A WELL-ROUNDED CAREER; 1. A NEW WALK; Poetry Writing; Prose; Teaching; REFERENCES; 2. STEP OUT OF THE BOX; I SHOULD HAVE GONE TO LAW SCHOOL; COLLEGE YEARS; GRADUATE SCHOOL AT HARVARD
Description / Table of Contents:
TEACHING IN SEVILLE: INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONTEACHING IN SEVILLE: STUDY ABROAD; REFERENCES; 3. TEN TAPAS FOR A CAREER IN THE HUMANITIES; TAPA #1: DECIDE ON YOUR ACADEMIC INTERESTS AND PURSUE THEM WITH A PASSION, OR, CONFUCIUS WAS RIGHT; TAPA #2: EDUCATE YOURSELF BROADLY, OR, CROSS TRAINING IS NOT JUST FOR WORKING OUT; TAPA #3: FIND A MENTOR OR MULTIPLE MENTORS, OR, DON'T REINVENT THE WHEEL; TAPA #4: NETWORKING IS KEY, OR, WHO YOU KNOW DOES COUNT; TAPA #5: BECOME AN EFFECTIVE RESEARCHER, OR, RESEARCH PAYS; TAPA #6 COLLABORATION, OR, ARISTOTLE NAILED IT
Description / Table of Contents:
TAPA #7: KNOW THE BIG DEBATES IN YOUR FIELD AND DON'T IGNORE MEGATRENDSTAPA #8: YOUR ACADEMIC PATH, OR, ROBERT FROST ON WHICH WAY TO GO; TAPA #9 - GRANTS, OR, I'LL GRANT YOU THIS …; TAPA #10: KEEP CURRENT IN YOUR DISCIPLINE AND MOVE WITH THE TIMES; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES; 4. THE GENERALIST:Or, Why Breadth Matters, Even in the Academy; PART I: GRAD SCHOOL; PART II: THE CAREER; POSTSCRIPT, OR: THE MORAL(S) OF THE STORY; REFERENCE; 5. HUMANS AND THE HUMANITIES IN THE MARKET ERA:Lessons from Neoliberal Chile; INTRODUCTION; BELLO AND THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN HUMANITIES IN CHILE
Description / Table of Contents:
9/11 (1973), NEOLIBERALISM AND THE DEVALUATION OF HUMAN LIFETHE HUMANITIES TODAY, IN CHILE AND ELSEWHERE; NOTES; REFERENCES; 6. MARKETING THE UNMARKETABLE:From Medievalist to International Business School Thesis Coordinator; INTRODUCTION; THE STATE OF THE HUMANITIES: A CRISIS OF FAITH; THE STATE OF THE BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEGREE: A CRISIS OF SKILL; INTEGRATING THE HUMANITIES AND BUSINESS STUDIES: NEW ROLE, NEW CHALLENGES; ADVICE FOR (INTERNATIONAL) PROFESSIONALIZATION; Learning; Teaching; Other Professional Skills; Internationalization; CONCLUSION; NOTES; REFERENCES
Description / Table of Contents:
7. TOP TIPS FOR HUMANITIES PROFESSIONALS FROM HUMANITIES PROFESSIONALSLIST OF SURVEY QUESTIONS; SURVEY RESPONSES, BY QUESTION; COMMON THEMES FROM SURVEY RESPONSES; SUMMARY OF TOP TIPS; KEEPING THE CONVERSATION GOING; REFERENCES; PART II:OVERCOMING OBSTACLES; 8. THE SANITY PROJECT:How to Live in the Real Academia; 9. TRANSITIONING FROM SECONDARY TO HIGHER ED:Look (Both Ways) Before You Leap; INTRODUCTION; A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS; Salaries; The Job Market; Keeping a Job in Higher Education; Attrition Rates in Public Education; WHY TEACHERS LEAVE; STICKS OR CARROTS?; Teaching; Scholarship
Description / Table of Contents:
Governance/Service
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1007/978-94-6209-845-9
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