A creature of our own making : reflections on contemporary academic life /
| Основен автор: | Olson, Gary A., 1954- (Author) |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Albany :
State University of New York Press,
[2013]
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=520391 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Creature of our own making. |
Съдържание:
- What conspiracy?
- Avoiding academe's ax murderers
- How to get what you want in academe
- That's your opinion
- Holding ourselves accountable
- If universities were democracies
- Creating a culture of mutual respect
- A culture of openness
- To party, or not to party
- Yes, big brother is watching
- How to join the dark side
- The importance of protocol
- The administrator as magician
- The burden of confidentiality
- Avoiding the hunker-down strategy
- Resist the rush to judgment in disputes
- Why rules matter
- We can't do that here
- The delicate art of rejection
- Let's just do our jobs
- The cost of doing business
- The unkindest cut of all
- If only I knew then
- Carnegie matters
- Growing pains
- Why universities specialize
- Why universities reorganize
- The importance of external boards
- Certifying online research
- Why universities are streamlining their curricula
- Should we ditch football?
- How not to reform humanities scholarship
- The limits of academic freedom
- Exactly what is "shared governance"?
- When to dissolve a faculty senate
- It is who you know, and who knows you
- Praising you as we should
- How we value faculty work
- We really like you
- A creature of our own making
- How not to measure faculty productivity
- Fight your own battles
- How to run a meeting
- Don't just search, recruit
- Why settle for second best?
- The proper way to court
- But she was our top choice
- The academic job search and the Internet
- I'm your millstone
- Commencement matters
- Can you spare a dime?
- The ethics of technology
- E-mails are forever
- Keeping your emeriti close
- What deans expect of department heads
- How not to evaluate your department head
- Investigate me, please
- Safety first.