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Achieving academic promotion / edited by Marian Mahat and Jennifer Tatebe. - 1 online resource (xv, xv, 159 pages). - Surviving and thriving in academia .

Includes index.

Prelims -- Foreword -- Part I: Scholars' experiences and personal reflections on academic promotion -- 1. Demystifying the academic promotion process -- 2. From perilous to permanent -- 3. Being female in academia -- 4. Raising the bar: landing your first academic position in US higher education -- Part II: International perspectives on the structural and institutional processes of academic promotion -- 5. Academic promotion in the UK: your guide to success -- 6. Academic careers and promotions in Finland and Austria: system and institutional perspectives -- 7. The academic market in Latin America: challenges and opportunities for early career scholars -- 8. Promotion within the academy -- Index.

This book demystifies the academic promotion process by bringing together international perspectives - both personal accounts and reflections on the structures and processes of promotion in different contexts - to help you understand the steps you can take at any stage of your career to move up the ladder.

ISBN: 9781787568990 (e-book)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
College teachers--Promotions.
College teachers--Vocational guidance.
Education--Higher.
Colleges of higher education.

LC Class. No.: LB2333.5 / .A24 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 378.12

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 378