The Essential College Professor: A Practical Guide to an Academic Career

The Essential College Professor is about the "how" and "why" of being a faculty member today. Based on the author's series of highly successful faculty development workshops, each chapter deals concisely with the most important information college professors need at their fingertips when confronted by a particular challenge or faced with an exciting opportunity. Written both as a comprehensive guide to an academic career and as a ready reference to be consulted whenever needed, The Essential College Professor emphasizes proven solutions over untested theories and stresses what faculty members have to know now in order to be successful in their careers.

Each chapter is concluded by a short exercise that faculty members can perform to help them, for instance, completely revise a course by restructuring the syllabus and course materials, bring new life to a research project by reframing it as a book proposal or grant application, and so on.

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• Policy Documents and Reports
• Building Online Learning Communities: Effective Strategies for the Virtual Classroom, 2nd Edition
• The Essential Department Chair: A Comprehensive Desk Reference
• Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students
• The Learner-Centered Curriculum: Design and Implementation
• Tools for Teaching
• The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips
• Teaching with Conscience in an Imperfect World: An Invitation (The Teaching for Social Justice Series)