Professing to Learn: Creating Tenured Lives and Careers in the American Research University

by Anna Neumann

Book Overview

Research, teaching, service, and public outreach--all are aspects of being a tenured professor. But this list of responsibilities is missing a central component: actual scholarly learning--disciplinary knowledge that faculty teach, explore in research, and share with the academic community. How do professors pursue such learning when they must give their attention as well to administrative and other obligations?

Professing to Learn...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801891310
• ISBN13: 9780801891311
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher