1. Beyond Survival in the Academy
A Practical Guide for Beginning Academics

2. What is New?
Offsetting the imbalance of attention evident in the focus on Research I universities
Although most doctoral preparation occurs at research universities, more positions arise at teaching schools
Updated advices that cover changes in higher education in the past decade
Companion book to “Survival in the Academy”
Suggests or addresses starting at a non-Research I. school

3. Social Adjustment Process
The Mental Adjustment
Not a graduate student anymore
Adaptation to the new place of employment
Expectations lead to stress
The Emotional Adjustment
Changes in lifestyle
The Financial Adjustment
Startup & professional costs
First year is the most difficult
Get a mentor - You can have two mentors, one for teaching, and one (who matches your research interest) for research., It even goes on to suggest three mentors..
Plan for hidden costs
Moving, professional attire, student loans, parking, socializing, automobile, unions
Use a university credit union
Graduate Student to Faculty Member
It is normal to question your abilities as a starting academic.
Ways to alleviate stress are mentioned
Your abilities are what got you the position, so don’t worry!
Questions being too easy or too hard. ‘fitting in’ wit the department.
Sense of isolation from colleagues, balancing work from outside commitment.
Leaving a comfort zone for a new place is both exciting and terrifying
Things that you have come to know and love during graduate school may not be present
Changes in Lifestyle
Gone are the days of long papers and lengthy studies
Gone also are the days of late night beers
\Startup costs
Moving costs
Which may be part of contract
Housing: Apartment or Own?
Deposits
Day Care, Pets
Paying faculty rates instead of student rates
Cost of professional memberships increase by almost two fold
Plan ahead for conferences and conventions

4. Making the Transition to Educator
Initial challenges
Little to no teaching training during PhD
How to teach undergraduates
Current teaching trends
Active learning
Learning communities
Problem with the technology
Placing too much information on slides so that the need for professor becomes minimal

5. Research and the New Academic
Three questions to think about in relation to research:
What role should research play in academic career?
What types of scholarly activities?
What kinds of resources might be drawn on to facilitate scholarly activity?
Three broad reasons for research:
Institutional goals
Professional goals
Personal goals
Publish where?
Ranking in ascending order: conventions and conferences < book reviews < book chapters < discussion notes < research reports < refereed journal articles < books

6. Service and the Academy
“Service is activities other than research and teaching that advance departmental, disciplinary and institutional interests”
Service to department, institution, & community
Overload problem

7. The Whole Scholar Carnegie Model Scholarship of discovery
A commitment to knowledge
Teaching, application and integration are equally important to research
Scholarship of integration
Making a contribution to the outside world
Scholarship of teaching
Elevating teaching to the same level of research
Scholarship of application
Service as scholarship

8. Academic Networking
Getting out of the comfort zone
Establishing new contacts & Maintaining old contacts
Many places for networking opportunities

9. Preparing for Tenure Why Tenure? Criticism of Tenure Academic freedom
Financial security
Criticism of Tenure
Hindrance to economic utility
Led to abolishment of tenure at some institutions
Tenure is an academic position that provides freedom of teaching and research and of extramural activities and a sufficient degree of economic security to make the profession attractive to men and women of ability.

10. Preparing for Tenure Tenure Portfolio Documenting Research
Publications
Grants
Scholarly activities
Documenting Teaching
Student evaluation
Curricular innovations
Lectures
Documenting Service

11. Preparing for Tenure Final Advices
Start at the first day of the academic life
Set goals and define the future time line
Learn the criteria / rules of the institution
Consult others
Get organized – physically and mentally