Academese: An Insider's Look at the In-Speak and Culture of Academia

by Marshall Welch

Academese is a useful and humorous look into the language and culture of higher education. It is designed as a hybrid technical reference tool and a light-hearted resource in the form of a glossary with terms and topics organized alphabetically. It also serves as a kind of travel guide for doctoral students and new faculty exploring the land known as Academia. As a memoir of a confessed "recovering academic," the book presents an array of topics ranging...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1522717951
• ISBN13: 9781522717959
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"