The Compleat Academic: A Career Guide

Twenty-nine academics from the U.S. and Canada provide practical guidelines to new academics (of various types Ph.D. graduate, postdoctoral fellow, or in a faculty position) on the significant aspects of a career in higher education: starting one’s career, teaching and mentoring, research and writing, structural aspects of the academic environment, diversity in academia, and long-term career management. The second edition contains 20 chapters, including revised versions of some of the original nine chapters from the first edition, and the addition of many new chapters. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)