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Paul Gray and David E. Drew. What They Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2008, 147 pp. Paper: $15.95. ISBN: 978-1-57922-264-2.
Most readers of this review will know that the primary jobs of faculty members, no matter what the specialty, are teaching, research, and service, and that those responsibilities vary in importance and priority depending upon the type of institution in which they work. In many cases, those responsibilities also include working with doctoral students seeking to enter the professoriate or administrative ranks, and assisting with the orientation and mentoring of new faculty colleagues. What they Didn't Teach You in Graduate School: 199 Helpful Hints for Success in Your Academic Career is a light-hearted, somewhat cynical, and often funny book that is a wonderful tool to help in these latter tasks.
Authors Paul Gray and David Drew are Professor Emeritus and Joseph Platt Chair of Educational Studies respectively at the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. They have used an innovative format to describe the issues, concerns, and pitfalls facing those seeking to, or just beginning to, join the ranks of teaching or research faculty. While those entering the faculty are the authors' primary target audience, many of their points are also of value to those seeking to enter administrative positions at colleges and universities. In fact, anyone who wants to work in higher education and wants to know the issues facing faculty should take this book in hand and give it a quick read.
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