Promotion and Tenure Confidential

by David D. Perlmutter

"Sitting down with a young and brilliant mathematician, I asked what he thought were his biggest problems in working toward tenure. Instead of describing difficulties with his equations or his software programs, he lamented that (a) his graduate assistant wasn't completing his tasks on time, (b) his department chair didn't seem to care if junior faculty obtained grants, and (c) a senior professor kept glaring at him in faculty meetings. He knew...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674048784
• ISBN13: 9780674048782
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.4"