 Survival in the Academy

History of the University  Ministers and Native American Education  Elite Education  G.I Bill, Land Grants, and Financial Aid

Where do you want to go?  Tier 1 research  Teaching  Junior College

What is the purpose of tenure?

Politics  How important is it really?  Understand the power structure  Make allies take sides  Develop research and publications – This should probably be at the top of the list  Cultivate teaching skills  Make moreal decisions  Be prepared to deal with moral and political issues –self awareness

Nontraditional Faculty Members

The Job Talk  Determine your priorities  Gather materials  Begin interview prep  Organize application materials  Examine the job markets  Listserves and professional organizations  Doctoral consortiums  Presentations

Professionalism  Service to the university  Committees  Service to the profession  Editing  Reviewing  Etc  Being an expert  Cogent (Detailed and complex)  Current  Useful  Publish

Teaching

Research and Publication  Difference between research and publication  Is there really a difference?  Motivations 50% at research institutes with no pubs  Attitudes  How important are resources?  How important are qualifications

Focus  Identify questions “you believe” are in need of resolution  Determine what gives coherence to this set of questions  Think about the advances in knowledge that can be gained  Establish priorities for investingating these questions  Recognize limitations to your ability to answer these questions  Proceed with specific porhectis in some determined order  Be prepared to make personal sacrifices others are not willing to make and for which you will receive some criticism

 Execute  Publish  Where to publish? Is it worth sending a C article to an A journal?

Criticism

Institutionalization  How institutionalized are universities?  Is this a bad thing?

Remember when…  “Rules change and the game changes (like the 2-point possibility after a touchdown or the width of the goal- posts)”  “CD-Roms and ftp…if you are not familiar with these two terms you are five years behind”  “Many of my colleagues ask me how they can get their students online” When I ask them why, they respond, “because they want to get into the trend”