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This companion book to "Survival in the Academy" offers insight on achieving academic tenure, discussing its importance, criticisms, and strategies for success through tenure portfolios, surviving the transition, teaching effectively, and excelling in research goals while managing service commitments.
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Beyond Survival in the Academy Presented by Sean Humpherys
Overview • Companion book to “Survival in the Academy” with author commentary • Suggests or addresses starting at a non-Research I. school
Tenure • Tenure promotes academic freedom and as financially reward • Tenure criticism is “hindrance to economic utility” • Trend and pressure to replace tenure with other reward mechanisms
Tenure Advice • Start early • Set goals and develop plan in graduate school • Get a mentor • Tenure is part political
Tenure Portfolio • Sections for • Research • Teaching and • Service
Tenure Portfolio • Teaching Portfolio • Student evaluation • Curricular innovations • Successful class activities • Lectures & Syllabus • Assessment instruments • Student learning outcomes • Videotapes of teaching
Tenure Portfolio • Research Portfolio • Publications • Unpublished manuscripts • Sponsored Research projects • Conference proceedings • Pedagogical applications of research • Research in progress • Scholarly activities
Tenure Portfolio • Service Portfolio • Service to department • Service to students • Service to college • Service to community
Survive Transition • First year is the most difficult • Get a mentor • Plan for hidden costs • Moving, professional attire, student loans, parking, socializing, automobile, unions • Use a university credit union
Teaching • Learn to teach, “make the time” • “We are expected to pick up teaching by osmosis.” (Millman 1994) • Current trend in teaching is “Active Learning” • High-interest lessons based on real-world situations • Author recommends Davis’ (1993) book “Tools for Teaching”
Teaching • Service Learning (student projects) • www.active-learning-site.com (summary link and internet link are best resources) • Visit your institution teaching resource center. (http://www.utc.arizona.edu/) • Two great classes • Learner Centered Teaching Grad697a • Technology in the class room
Research • Publish or Perish • Develop your research goals (even in Ph.D. program) • Set aside time each week (I say each day) to progress your research • Very hard first year to research • Self-promotion needed, converse with colleagues about your research
Research Goals in Grad School • Personal example: • Read all the abstracts and be familiar with the research from MIS, ISR, JMIS, MS, CACM, IEEET, JAIS, for the past 5 years • Five published papers before graduation • Two published papers from my dissertation work • One co-authorship in a Tier 1 journal • Two conference papers or non-tier 1 journals • A dataset for future work and future publications • Be a reviewer four times (one being from a tier 1 journal)
Service • Know your departmental guidelines • Time consuming, balance service with research and teaching • Limit or postpone service in your first year • Service to department, institution, & community.
Networking • Meet people, develop long-term friendships • “How can I serve you?” attitude • Listen 80% Talk 20% • Don’t gossip or criticize. It’s a small world.
