Reflections on Life in Higher Education
This book explores the challenges of an academic teaching career. The authors discuss the issues that may arise in the tenure process, scholarship activities, publishing, and providing service to their academic communities as well as how to keep teaching
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Reflections on Life in Higher Education Rick D. Saucier Thomas College, USA
Nora Ganim Barnes University of Massachusetts, USA
Kimberly K. Folkers Wartburg College, USA
Frederick B. Hoyt Illinois Wesleyan University, USA
Lisa M. Lindgren St. John’s University, USA
Lori L. Lohman Augsburg College, USA
Michael J. Messina Gannon University, USA
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Stephanie Jacobsen University of Rhode Island, USA
© Rick D. Saucier, Nora Ganim Barnes, Kimberley K. Folkers, Frederick B. Hoyt, Lisa M. Lindgren, Lori L. Lohman, Michael J. Messina, and Stephanie Jacobsen 2016 Foreword © Milton D. Cox 2016 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2016 978-1-137-56044-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2016 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57083-6 ISBN 978-1-137-56045-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137560452
This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Reflections on life in higher education / Rick D. Saucier, Thomas College, USA [and seven others]. pages cm 1. College teaching. 2. Career changes. I. Saucier, Rick D. LB2331.R415 2015 378.1'25—dc23 2015025781 Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
Contents Foreword by Milton D. Cox
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Preface by Rick D. Saucier
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List of Abbreviations
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About the Authors
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1 From the Bookmobile to the Blogosphere Nora Ganim Barnes 2 An Unexpected Calling: From Practitioner to Educator Kimberly K. Folkers 3 You Should Have Been Here Last Week; the Fishing Was Great Frederick B. Hoyt
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4 Musings of a Corporate Retread
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