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Drawing on decades of experience as a renowned teacher, advisor, administrator, and philosopher, Steven M. Cahn diagnoses problems plaguing America's universities and offers his prescriptions for improvement. He explores numerous aspects of academic life, including the education of graduate stu...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cahn, Steven M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
College teachers > Tenure > United States.
College teaching > United States.
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives > United States.
Education, Higher > Curricula > United States.
Universities and colleges > United States > Administration.
Professeurs (Enseignement supérieur) > Permanence > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Finalités > États-Unis.
Enseignement supérieur > Programmes d'études > États-Unis.
EDUCATION > General.
College teachers > Tenure
College teaching
Education, Higher > Aims and objectives
Education, Higher > Curricula
Universities and colleges > Administration
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. How Professors View Academia
  • 2. Graduate School
  • 3. Turning Point
  • 4. How Teachers Succeed
  • 5. Teaching Graduate Students to Teach
  • 6. Changing Departmental Culture
  • 7. The Administration
  • 8. Choosing Administrators
  • 9. Curricular Structure
  • 10. The Case for Liberal Education
  • 11. Requirements
  • 12. Distribution Requirements
  • 13. A Core Curriculum
  • 14. Departments
  • 15. Appointments
  • 16. Tenure and Academic Freedom
  • 17. A Tenure Case
  • 18. Autonomy
  • Notes
  • Index
  • About the Author.

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