Young faculty in the twenty-first century
Subtitle: international perspectives
By: edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Laura E. Rumbley
Series: SUNY series in global issues in higher education
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 364
ISBN-13: 9781438457277; 9781438457284
Subjects: College teachers; Cross-cultural studies; Employment; College teaching; Universities and colleges; Faculty
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Building an academic career : a 21st-century challenge / Philip G. Altbach; title: Brazil : opportunities and challenges for the new generation in a diverse academic environment / Elizabeth Balbachevsky; title: Conditions and opportunities for new faculty in higher education in mainland China / Qi Wang, Yi Li and Nian Cai Liu; title: France : long waiting lists despite minimally attractive academic positions / Christine Musselin; title: Entering academia : realities for new faculty in German higher education / Barbara M. Kehm; title: Entering an expanding academia : the new generation of faculty in India / N. Jayaram; title: The academic career system in Norway / Svein Kyvik; title: Young doctorates in a fast-changing higher education system : the case of Portugal / Hugo Horta and Sandra Hasanefendic; title: The university sector in Russia : young romantics and losers welcome? / Maria Yudkevich; title: Challenges and opportunities for new faculty in South African higher education / Chika Sehoole and Emmanuel Oluseun Ojo; title: "Do I still want to be a professor and, if so, can I?" : entering the American academic profession in the first decade of the 21st century / Martin J. Finkelstein; title: Future prospects for young faculty across the academic world : a global comparison and assessment / Martin J. Finkelstein, Kevin W. Iglesias, Anna Panova and Maria Yudkevich.