Higher education careers beyond the professoriate /
Higher education careers beyond the professoriate / edited by Karen Cardozo, Katherine Kearns, and Shannan Palma. - West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2024] - 1 online resource. - Navigating Careers in Higher Education Series . - Navigating Careers in Higher Education Series. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of careers in higher education administration. Though the doctoral landscape continues to change, a self-determined, values-driven attitude remains essential. This book offers powerful insight into cultural and structural barriers that inhibit institutional transformation and obscure the real range of PhD futures. Frank about both challenges and opportunities, these essays reveal how letting go of "track" thinking opens a constellation of possibilities and many paths to meaningful work and a fulfilling life"--
9781612498980 1612498981 9781612498973 1612498973
22573/cats13139623 JSTOR
Graduate students--Employment--Vocational guidance--United States.
Doctoral students--Vocational guidance--United States.
Universities and colleges--Graduate work.--United States
Doctorants--Orientation professionnelle--États-Unis.
Universités--Études des 2e et 3e cycles.--États-Unis
EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher
LB2332.72
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"Higher Education Careers Beyond the Professoriate is one of the first collections to explore PhD career versatility within higher education. The twenty-three contributors represent diverse disciplines, institution types, professional roles, and intersectional identities. Each thoughtful and personal essay explores firsthand what it means to remain in higher education, yet not in the traditional role of a professor. Topics include establishing new career paradigms, well-being and work-life balance, blended roles and identities, and professional work around advocacy and inclusion. Unifying the essays is the idea that career diversity is intertwined with other diversity discourse, yielding a broad-based but critical examination of careers in higher education administration. Though the doctoral landscape continues to change, a self-determined, values-driven attitude remains essential. This book offers powerful insight into cultural and structural barriers that inhibit institutional transformation and obscure the real range of PhD futures. Frank about both challenges and opportunities, these essays reveal how letting go of "track" thinking opens a constellation of possibilities and many paths to meaningful work and a fulfilling life"--
9781612498980 1612498981 9781612498973 1612498973
22573/cats13139623 JSTOR
Graduate students--Employment--Vocational guidance--United States.
Doctoral students--Vocational guidance--United States.
Universities and colleges--Graduate work.--United States
Doctorants--Orientation professionnelle--États-Unis.
Universités--Études des 2e et 3e cycles.--États-Unis
EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher
LB2332.72